They both have more star players and players that are more playoff-tested than yall.
They went to the ECF in 2010/2011, when was the last time the Hawks made a playoff run doe?
That's absolutely true, that definitely needs to be outlined in the picture. But need I remind you, we're barely half way into the REGULAR season, there's many more games to go. There's the possibility the Hawks could collapse in the second half of the season, there's the possibility that Rose recaptures his game, there's the possibility that Love/Bron/Kyrie click on all cylinders, there's the possibility that Beal breaks out. I could go on and on. The point is the Wizards/Cavs/Bulls aren't all the way there yet, whereas the Hawks couldn't be playing better, and although when everything equals itself out there may not be a great amount of difference in the margin of their chances - the one thing those said teams have over the Hawks are that their star players are better than what Atlanta has to offer.