Atlanta Hawks: 100-1

We make a jump into 100-1 land with the Atlanta Hawks–one doesn’t feel enough.
Ahead of Al Horford went with (another) torn pectoral final season, Mike Budenholzer’s birds were 16-13, looking like the third-best team in the East. After dropping its very best player, the year with a 22-31 mark closed out.
Of course, because the East was the East, the Hawks still made the playoffs.
Horford is looking and healthy just fine in preseason play. Plus, Paul Millsap is currently playing for a contract, Jeff Teague remains one of the league’s least valued talents and Thabo Sefolosha is presently in town to bring some perimeter protection.
Nobody is saying the Hawks are a lot of world-beaters, but they feel just like postseason locks. And they might finish among the conference’s top .
In the very least, they will jack a lot of threes (just the Houston Rockets tried more in 2013-14) and also take care of the ball (Atlanta’s assist-to-turnover ratio was next best in the East). That’s a recipe for success.
Do not sleep on the Hawks.