Preseason statistical oddities, Eastern edition

It's finally, thankfully, over. The NBA's preseason wrapped up over the weekend, and not a moment too soon. It's pretty safe to say that your humble narrator is what we'd call a pretty ardent NBA follower, but it's hard to shake the feeling of "just doesn't matter" while taking these games in. While hoping that nobody steps on someone else's foot. We shouldn't completely dismiss the preseason, though. I mean, it's still pro basketball players going up against other pros, utilizing more or less the same rotations we'll see from these teams as the year moves along. So why not try to glean a bit from what the stat ledgers told us, during this glorious exhibition season. Starting with the teams from the Eastern Conference. Atlanta Hawks Josh Smith(notes), noted for his awful three-point attempts, didn't attempt a single one during the preseason. Not, "didn't attempt a bad three-point attempt." No, he didn't attem...