-- Not to spend too much time on politics since this is a basketball blog, but I did think you'd like seeing former Georgia Tech standout Chris Bosh's take on Obama's election. And in other basketball/politics news, former NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson was elected mayor of Sacramento.

-- Sekou Smith has a great article in the AJC talking about Joe Johnson's credentials as a leading man. You've heard me complain about this on many occasions, and it's nice to see JJ's teammates come to his defense on this issue (not that I'd expect any different). Bob Rathbun and I talked about this a bit on Monday in the BasketBlog Weekly Podcast, but we both think this has the potential to be a career year for Joe. Certainly nothing we've seen in the first two games would dispell that notion.

-- I did a little preview for tonight's game with the Hornets official site, you can read it here. The Hornets, if I may say, have one of the best websites in the NBA for content, so definitely check them out if you are interested in information about their squad and the rest of the Western Conference.

Tonight's game is at 8:00 ET on SportSouth. The Hawks have gained two fairly impressive wins so far this season, and they have managed to actually draw some attention because of it. A win tonight would really open some people's eyes.

Let's get it done.