Sekou Smith is reporting on his blog that Joe Johnson has been named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team as an injury replacement for Jason Kidd. I don't know about you, but I am starting to believe in karma just a little bit more.

I know there should be somewhat of an asterisk attached with this because he is a replacement, but I don't feel that way at all. I look at it more as fate deciding to right a previous wrong.

So, Joe will now head to Vegas to represent the Hawks, giving us our first all-star since Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 2002.

Congrats to Joe, who I just can't say enough is so deserving of this honor. Maybe someday making the All-Star team won't be such a big deal to him, but I can guarantee this feels pretty sweet to him (and to all of us) right about now.

More on this later on, and throughout the weekend.