Let's Get Excited

From an interview with Josh Smith, talking about seeing some playoff games with Josh Childress:

I think we've seen the atmosphere and we want it so bad for our team that all summer we've been in the gym working hard trying to achieve those things just to be in the playoffs.

Man, nothing gets me more excited than hearing a guy is working hard in the offseason. For some reason, that destroys the ceiling on possibilites- I am expecting Josh S. to average 25/10 this season. Childress is going to be averaging 15 points / 8 assists. Anything is possible. An appearance in the conference championship! I just messed myself.

Josh Smith is the only Atlanta Hawk that has given me the "I can't believe that guy plays for my team", the kind that Mike Vick gives me every time I see him on TV. Rasheed Wallace gave me that feeling for that one day we had him. That was nice.