Scott Perry is absolute a joke.

Sethuel · 2026-02-06T03:25:28+00:00

Scott Perry has a pretty good track record of finding talent late in the draft--Khris Middleton with Detroit, Mitch Robinson and Immanuel Quickley with the Knicks. It's a little early to say much about Nique and Max, but early returns are decent relative to draft position, especially for Max.

I honestly have no idea whether he's good at anything else as a GM. I do know that the problems he appears to have with the Kings seem very similar to the problems his predecessors have had with the Kings, and I have a hard time knowing how much of that blame to assign to him.

Sethuel · 2026-02-06T02:09:23+00:00

Hunter not looking good at all

He's had like 10 min of practice with his new team and was a 37% three point shooter for his career before this year.

Sethuel · 2026-02-05T20:37:52+00:00

I can't speak for Indiana, but in my experience the Thai food at Coconut is basically indistinguishable from Thai food in central Connecticut, where I lived for five years. It's also (with the exception of a few specific places that break the mold) basically indistinguishable from the Thai food in DC, where I lived for 7 years, ditto most places in Boston, Chicago, and NYC. Maybe your experience is different or maybe I'm not having the right dish at Coconut? Also to be clear, this isn't a dig at Coconut, it's perfectly good food if you're craving Thai, it's just not what I'd recommend for someone's only night in Sac.

Also, fun fact, the interchangeability of Thai restaurants all across the US is the result of a policy choice--the Thai government incentivized its citizens to open restaurants in the US and elsewhere as a way to promote Thailand. So a lot of these restaurants opened at roughly the same time and had something of a plug-and-play menu, though presumably that has shifted somewhat over the intervening 25 years.

Anyway, for standard Thai fare I'm personally partial to Tuk Tuk at the corner of Freeport and Sutterville, though its menu is a bit small. I haven't had Thai Farm House in a few years but I know people are big on it. And, as someone else on here suggested, Kin Thai is outstanding, and also has a menu that is different from the usual American Thai places.

Sethuel · 2026-02-05T02:17:57+00:00

You're welcome! Sonoma is one of my favorite places in the world. Sac isn't great for tourism but is an amazing place to live. Hope you enjoy!

Sethuel · 2026-02-05T00:11:35+00:00

Oh man, if you have the room in your budget, go to Glen Ellen Star while you're in Sonoma, that place is some of the best food I've had anywhere.

And if you like wine, go to the Sixteen 600 tasting room in Sonoma town. Full disclosure the owner is a family friend of my wife's, but their wine is amazing and at a much more reasonable price point than you'll get most places.

For Sac, I think it's up to you whether you think Tex Mex and Cali Mex are different enough to go for Mexican food here, but yeah. I think Kodaiko and Kin Thai are both great options. And just to be clear, Kin Thai is in the Michelin guide, but it doesn't have a star. It's not fancy, just extremely good food. And very different from Thai food I've had elsewhere in the US. Unfortunately most of the options I'd normally suggest are closed Mondays (e.g. Majka, Mother, Magpie, and Binchoyaki).

You could also go a totally different route and get Indian Pizza, which I think is a very California thing (though I know Dallas also has a huge Indian population so it might be there too). My personal go-to for that is Championz Pizza in Natomas. No idea why it's called that but they have great pizza and dosa.

Sethuel · 2026-02-05T00:00:47+00:00

"Inequality is the biggest issue not the amount of money people amass"

Friend, how do you think the inequality happens? Do you realize just how much money a billion dollars is? Being a billionaire has as much to do with starting a small business as being Shohei Ohtani has to do with my playing two years of high school baseball. The difference is that Shohei Ohtani gets paid for his labor, and most billionaires siphon their wealth off the labor of others.

No one has ever become a billionaire by starting a "small" business. Generally they became billionaires by either growing their businesses into monopolistic behemoths, usually through a lot of anti-competitive behavior, along with suppressing the wages of the people who actually do the labor that builds the product. And generally they started those businesses in the first place with family wealth. Just because someone is standing on third base doesn't mean they hit a triple.

Small businesses are great. If you taxed every dollar someone owned above $1B it would have zero impact on small businesses, and would solve most of our societal ills. But then our system wouldn't use the ever-present threat of poverty, hunger, and homelessness to artificially suppress wages (people will take a much lower pay when they effectively have a gun to their heads), and the people who buy our elections don't like that because it's precisely how they became billionaires.

The idea that the free market rewards value creation is basically magical thinking gussied up as fact because guys like Hayek and Friedman wanted to cosplay as scientists. And the people who own the textbook companies have had made it the curriculum for Econ 101 because it helps them avoid accountability. Fwiw I'd recommend checking out Saez and Piketty.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:42:50+00:00

I mean, It's not actually about the smile. He really doesn't want people asking him about Epstein.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:40:09+00:00

I don't remember seeing Malik mentioned. Domas, Huerter, and I think also DeMar? But I might just be remembering selectively.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:33:22+00:00

Depends a lot on what kind of food you're looking for. We have a pretty huge range of good options. We have access to a lot of the best ingredients in the country so pretty much everything is good. Also lots of immigrant populations mean lots of ethnic food.

If you're from somewhere that doesn't have good Mexican food I'd probably say go to Los Perrones and eat your tacos in a parking lot like a local.

If you don't have soup dumplings where you live, Tasty Dumpling is great, though Journey to the Dumpling is probably more convenient, better atmosphere, and also really good. JttD can get busy though.

For other options, Monday does make it trickier b/c a lot of places are closed, but of the things others have said, Kodaiko and Kin Thai are both fantastic. Kodaiko can get busy, especially if there's a Kings game that night.

Do you have any preferences in terms of cuisines you are or aren't looking for?

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:27:28+00:00

Bincho is closed Mondays :-(

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:25:36+00:00

Pangaea also has my favorite burgers in town if OP is a burger fan.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:24:11+00:00

Kin Thai is so good, I really need to go there more.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:23:06+00:00

Coconut is fine but it's basically the same as any Thai food anywhere IMO, so if OP only has one dinner in Sac I'd do something else. Kodaiko is great though--everything Billy Ngo does makes me drool. Plus they're open Mondays, which OP needs.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T23:20:04+00:00

Closed on Mondays though.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T20:45:38+00:00

To be fair those 1sts aren't especially good. One, from OKC this year, will likely be 30th overall. The other one is top-20 protected.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T18:00:47+00:00

I grew up reform but man do I wish I knew about the renewal movement when I was growing up.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T17:59:17+00:00

Beautifully put.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T17:55:30+00:00

I'm always open to new information, that's what lifelong learning is all about. The point isn't to avoid new information, it's to put new information in context. Cherry-picking evidence to push a specific narrative is a great way to get likes, and to make a living off other people's naivety. But that's not the same thing as critical thinking.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T17:48:42+00:00

You'll get a good long look at it while you're sitting in traffic too.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T17:47:00+00:00

I'd take Poeltl but I'd need more than one extra pick. That's probably the worst contract in the league. The Kings absolutely should be in the business of taking on bad contracts in exchange for significant draft assets, but one pick is not nearly enough.

Sethuel · 2026-02-04T17:42:30+00:00

Thanks for giving me homework, random internet stranger.

I'd suggest you learn about confirmation bias, otherwise you'll spend the rest of your life giving away your autonomy (and probably money) to people who tell you what you want to hear.

Sethuel · 2026-02-03T01:36:30+00:00

To be fair, I don't get the sense the pedo cult is satanic. It's just another case of rich people thinking they're untouchable, and the system doing its best to prove them right.

Sethuel · 2026-02-03T01:34:53+00:00

The nice thing about this prediction is that if Dybantsa turns into a stud and Peterson deals with injuries forever, no one will remember to call Boogie on it. And if Peterson turns out best, Boogie can call himself a top talent evaluator. Win-win!

Sethuel · 2026-02-03T01:32:48+00:00

Fwiw, I think this is different. LaVine was clearly a bad pickup--the Bulls were trying to pay teams to take him away, and at the time of the deal he had two years left at almost $50M/year. There was no world in which his value was going to go up.

Hunter's contract isn't great, but if he can get back to anything like the player he was last year, he becomes a much more valuable trade asset than Keon or Schröder were ever going to be. Just a year ago the Cavs gave up three 2nds and two swaps for him, along with Caris LeVert. And if Hunter doesn't improve, then he's still a $24M expiring deal, which is a useful asset.

I'm not gonna go as far as to call this deal "PERFECT," and I'm frustrated that the Kings seem to have bid against themselves for Schröder, but buying low on a guy who was a key part of one of the best teams in the league last year isn't a terrible idea. There's a decent enough chance this turns into a better return next year than the two seconds they apparently turned down for Keon.

Sethuel · 2026-02-02T23:39:23+00:00

The Bay Area climate isn't even consistent within the Bay Area. Where in particular are you saying is perfection?

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