The Atlanta Hawks sit at 1-3 after four road games to open the 2017-2018 NBA season and, on Thursday, the team (finally) completes its lengthy road trip. This time, John Collins and company are in Chicago to take on the Bulls.
Many believe that Chicago is the worst team in the NBA and one of the team’s better players, forward Nikola Mirotic, will miss the game as a result of an ugly practice scuffle with fellow forward Bobby Portis. Still, the Bulls are playing at home in this spot and the absence of Mirotic does not outweigh the presumed absence of Dennis Schröder, DeAndre’ Bembry and several others on the Hawks side.