Your takes on Wallace and Daniels were very interesting and show why your site is one of the best fantasy hoops sites around. The insights you offered went beyond the kind of conventional crap one usually finds peddled on most of the so-called “expert” sites - y’know the ones where they charge you $19.95 to tip you off to some sleeper that some guy picked up off your waiver wire a week ago.

I was intrigued by your “failed sleeper” explanation of Wallace’s breakout this year. In a crazy kind of way, it does make sense. Just about everyone I know was on dude’s bandwagon going into last year due to his move from Sacto benchwarmer to starter for an expansion club. Well, it’s pretty obvious that he wasn’t ready to be da man last year, but that he’s much more comfortable in that role this year. I’m sure this also applies to several other “failed sleepers” who needed at least a season to acclimate to a new situation that was supposed to have benefited them immediately. I think the “failed sleeper” concept is worthy of further examination and probably warrants a whole separate post of its own.

I also was very interested in your explanation of Daniels’ mediocrity thus far. The idea that his problems stem from being, at best, the fourth offensive option on his team is a fascinating one. As someone who tends to downgrade scoring (because it tends to be so overvalued) I have never really considered where a player ranks in a team’s offensive pecking order. Yet, when you think about it seems plausible that being out of the main flow of the offense would hurt more than just a player’s scoring numbers. This idea, too, seems like it would be worth a more in-depth examination in another, separate post.

Bonzi, however, remains a complete mystery to me. I live in Portland and must have seen over a hundred of the guy’s games and… well, I can’t believe I’m watching the same player. The only possible explanation I can think of is that Sacramento this year is the NBA’s version of the bizarro world in which the teams’ shooting guard averages more rebounds than it’s center; in which its center averages more assists than its point guard; and in which its point guard chucks the ball more freely than its shooting guard -the once notoriously selfish Bonzi.

I’ve always liked Posey, but his absolute lack of steals this season is perplexing. Can’t go wrong with the 3s so far, but he’s a career 33% shooter lighting it up at 50%. Can’t see that holding up. He’s seeing big minutes right now, though, and is certainly worth playing even though 3s is all he’s helping in.

I’d probably stick with Korver, although it’s pretty close.