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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 5h

At that point an S Class is actually a better buy somehow

Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 5h

I have gazed into the abyss and I did not like what I found. This is more than twice what an equivalent W211 E63 costs. This is the danger of venturing into the Realm of the Elusive Unknown.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 5h

After a successful first step, we are stepping out Further Into The Beyond.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 5h

Currently studying the Mysteries of the Forgotten Realm

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 5h

I think that is the plan. It’s just going to require waiting out the Bulls guards and figuring out how to best approach Sabonis. No reason to pay to get off any of them now.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

At least Luke Walton isn’t here. We have to appreciate the wins.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

This feels a lot like Tyrese Haliburton’s rookie season in that I hate basically everything about this team but the old rookie

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a nice mix of “look it’s all fucked but it’s how we won so we have to” and “yes he’s based getting revenge on the woke American citizenry by looting the state.” People in the first camp will tell you that they hate everyone in the second camp within one drink.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Feels pretty likely to me that he retires onto the coaching staff in the next 1-24 months

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Many things about the Sacramento Kings are now way worse than they were in 2023. One thing that has inexplicably stuck around: Terence Davis being a terrible watch.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

I’m spending my time watching Doug McDermott play preseason basketball. Rough!

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Not only do I think Chris Webber over Jaylen Brown is extremely easy, I think you could argue that he wouldn’t have been a top three player on the 02 team.

Hard to argue that Tatum wouldn’t be the best King ever.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Jayson Tatum yes. Jaylen Brown no.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

You can also afford an all Derrick White guard rotation when your star scorer is Jayson Tatum and not The Guy The Bulls Are Stuck With

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah I am now 100% certain that Monte McNair should have traded for John Collins last year

Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

They did and I have been mad about it ever since

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Real chance the Kings reach opening night with zero above replacement players that aren’t guards

Jill Adge @jilladge.bsky.social · 6h

Now Sabonis is out with an injured hamstring

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

They made a whole team out of guys who get 6 assists a night without getting one who knows how to tell other people where to stand

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

They have a bunch of guys that can make a great pass from a half court advantage and very few guys who can run an offense at any speed.

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

He should probably stop trying to do trick passes to Drew Eubanks though

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Nique Clifford has a habit this preseason of looking horribly overmatched in the first half, then great in the second.

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Erik García Gundersen @erikg503.bsky.social · 6h

Preseason is a great time to learn things like who Jordan Miller is

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Sacramento can’t score off a dump off pass to a center in the post and the Clippers role players are finishing full court alley oops thrown two feet below the rim

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

The Kings are collectively shooting threes like I do tonight

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Fully developed late career Dennis Schröder is like having rookie contract De’Aaron Fox back, except he’s on the downswing instead of being 21 and getting better by the day.

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