[Wojnarowski] Boston Celtics center Al Horford has agreed on a two-year, $20 million contract extension that ties him to the franchise through his 39th birthday, his agent Jason Glushon of @GlushonSM tells ESPN.
Boston Celtics center Al Horford has agreed on a two-year, $20 million contract extension that ties him to the franchise through his 39th birthday, his agent Jason Glushon of @GlushonSM tells ESPN. pic.twitter.com/10v0FHqIIU
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 1, 2022
by StreetsCalling89
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Another Brad W. Great deal.
Honestly, 100% worth.. can’t believe people on twitter calling this an overpay
Al saw JT last night and said “Yeah we about to three peat”
LFGGGGGG
Nice, Papa Horford will have three rings on his fingers at 39
Let’s fucking go! At a discount as well
This is fantastic!
Dad isn’t gonna leave us for the crackhead den this time, bois
New age Tim Duncan let’s go!!!
Random thought because this is similar money to what the Celtics gave Tristan Thompson a couple years ago, how old do you think Al will be before he’s worse at basketball than 29 year old TT? 50?
DADDY’S BACK BABYYYY
CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY EVERYONE
Daddy stays a while longer
Brad routine W early am.
3 championships before he retires sounds nice
A question: does this change anything relating to Grant getting a new deal? Does this shift money to him from Horford going forward?
Awesome contract too. Was hoping he’d stick around. Many on this sub thought we’d ship him off before his contract finished, what a key piece for us at a bargain. Time to get my Horford jersey
Brad saw Udonis play last night and said, “yeah, let’s just keep Al for a little longer”
WWWWWWWWW
So we got about $160m on the books next season. Probably $175m after Grant gets re-signed. Tax is gonna get really big in the upcoming years so it might be a good idea to stop trading away 1st rounders so we could get some more cheap talent. Still looking for that long term Al replacement
Let’s gooooooo
Gotta keep Playoff Al, baby! 💪🏻💪🏻
It’s like Brad was born for this job. Great deal and glad Al is back.
Hell yeah! So happy we got him signed to an extension.
I remember back in 2015-16 I went to the Celtics-Hawks game in Atlanta, and if you remember we tried to trade for Big Al at the deadline that year and it fell through. I was talking to my dad about it during the game, and Hawks fans behind me overheard it and said Al was never leaving the Hawks. I told them if the Celtics want him, he is going to come to our team over them because Boston is just better than Atlanta and cares more about basketball. He did join our team, and has become a Celtic for life and an essential part of so many teams. I wonder what those guys are thinking now 😂
Fuck yes
I’m honestly fine with this. He has been killing it in that starting role and will be amazing off the bench when we get Rob back.
BOARD MAN GETS PAID
Al gets 10 million. PJ Tucker gets 10 million. Now compare the two
FUCKING GREAT NEWS
the many great games and seasons, the inside job on philly, the amazing playoff moments last playoffs, and now this contract basically ensuring he will retire a celtic ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 42💚
The Celtics signed Al Horford to an extension before the Red Sox brought back Xander or Raffy
This is why the Celtics are contenders while the Red Sox suck and will continue to suck
Gone from sitting out game because of age to signing an extension through till he’s 39
AlMoreford.
Man, I was inspired the other night to hit the Pro Shop and buy a Horford jersey thinking that even if this is his last year, he’s a Celtic worth representing even after he’s gone. Glad I don’t have to face that for another couple years.
This is the type of morning coffee I like to sip on 🐸☕️
This is good news and this is a good place to note what a turning point in franchise history the original Horford signing was.
Before Horford, the most significant free agent the Celtics ever signed was 5’11” Boston native Dana Barros in 1995. Even throughout the Pierce and Big 3 years, it was accepted as fact that no quality free agent would ever look at the Celtics.
Ainge selling Horford on Boston completely changed that narrative and set the stage for a lot of the dominoes that fell since then. Hayward, Kyrie, Kemba, even though they didn’t all work out as well, they kept the Celtics at top of mind as a destination for players who wanted to go to a winning organization. Horford has a lot to do with that.
Brad moves in silence like lasagna
That puts him here for 7 years. If we win a title, he’s getting his number retired, right?
Hope he becomes our Haslem lol
Inject this in my veins!!!
I love you Al. Fuck the Sixers for many things, including playing Horford next to Embiid and Simmons and somehow blaming any poor performance on Al
🙂
He’ll be part of the broadcast team after that. Honestly if I could pick one NBA athlete that I could have their life (career, money, family/personal) Horford would be high on the list. Dude just has class.