Jason Collier and the Preseason

Sad stuff about the death of Jason Collier. From everything I read he sounds like a great guy, and will be missed. His death doesn't have much of an impact on the team on paper, but it's hard to measure what the loss will mean to the team.

As far as the preseason goes, well, we look competitive against the worst teams in the Eastern conference. I mean, we're not getting shelled by the Magic, and we're hanging tough with Charlotte and New Orleans. I've never felt like the preseason means anything in football or baseball, but I'm not so sure about basketball. It feels like it is a pretty good indicator of how the team is going to play. So I don't know. If I had to wager, I'd put my money on the under for the number of wins this season (currently at 21.5). But I don't think you can place too much emphasis on the weakness of the entire conference. The Hawks may not be very good, and could go .500 against this half of the league and I would not be suprised. If Joe Johnson works out well at point and the whole up-tempo running team thing doesn't give up 110 points per night, we could be... okay.