[Robb] Al Horford reveals the real reason he left Celtics after cryptic comment
Still never indicated what “this” is. Lot of words but not a ton actually being said
“This” means money
Nothing to do with Boston but again, following my faith, my belief in money
All athletes should get as much money as possible, especially after they get a ring
Al has made over $300 million in his career not counting any endorsement or sponsorships.
He signed a 2 year/11mil deal with GSW, the vet min is $3.3mil/year.
So with hundreds of millions in the bank, he chose to leave the Celtics, a team fighting for titles with a fanbase that loves him, to instead go to a 37 win team in the West that is a fading dynasty. All for what amounts to pocket change to him.
Yes athletes should secure their bag whenever possible. But Al could have retired here, cemented himself as a Boston legend, maybe won another title and retired as a fantastically wealthy man and one of the most celebrated Celtics of all time. He chose to leave that on the table for an extra few mil from GSW.
Some players value legacy more than others I guess.
Honestly in 10 years no one will remember or care that he left. He’ll come back to Boston and be hailed as a champion whenever he wants to for the rest of his life. As he should.
Maybe there’s a chance that it was less like “nah I need more gold in my coffers” and more like “nah this offer is a disrespect considering both my current abilities and what I’ve already brought to this team”. Not necessarily a greed thing but a self respect thing. Maybe. Honestly this is one of those things where I’m finding bits to agree with on mostly all opinions on the matter. But we can’t crawl into the minds of athletes, multi millionaires, certainly not someone who happens to be both.
Nobody talks about Jordan’s time with the Hornets. So did other NBA legends that ended up with other teams towards the end of their careers. Your legacy is with the team you win a championship with. Years down the line, Horford will always be looked at as a Celtic.
I honestly don’t think it was the money (it’s not that much given Boston vs Bay Area tax stuff- less than 1m per year more in a place with a somewhat higher COL)
He thought the Warriors would be good & that we would suck! & now that it’s worked out precisely the opposite way he doesn’t want to admit how wrong he was about that. He also knows it’d sound shitty on some level. Hence the talking in Kyriesque circles
I don’t think it was fully abt the $ either, and this doesn’t matter all that much, but does COL really matter to someone that rich btwn these two cities? Even if SF apartments are double the price of Boston–which they aren’t– we’re talking like 60k a year? Then Boston taxes are 5% flat, 9% over a mill, whereas SF progresses up to 12%. Add in that you play 1⁄2 of your games away and pay taxes in those states.
Now that I’vetyped this out, I don’t think it was abt the money at all. But as to your last point, didn’t basically everyone think the Cs were gonna be kinda mid?
yup this article truly is awful
I mean ya calling it a “thorough” answer is a misrepresentation of a nothingburger for sure
Al Horford asked ChatGPT to generate a bunch of words to explain why he decided to leave. It would have better if he just said “money”.
Really think he used ChatGPT when he’s cool with the all-knowing Kyrie Irving?
What he was hinting at is that he helped the Jays grow, the team get a title and his role as the mentor was done and he felt there was no more role for him on the team. Just being a backup center without the drive of mentoring a young team to reach their potential just wasn’t appealing for him. That’s what I get from it at least. Now that’s his side. A more cynical or realistic way of looking at it depending on perspective is because of the penalties for being above the second tax apron I doubt the Celtics offered him a contract that was much higher than the veteran minimum, if they offered one at all (don’t remember if they were reported to or not), and he chose more money elsewhere. Now the deal he signed with the Warriors is only slightly above the vet minimum of \(3.6M for 2026 and \)3.9M for 2027 so maybe that leads credence to what he said. At his age and with his career he could easily retire and be fine.
Personally I don’t fault Al for either of his departures from the team. I like him as a player and believe he was integral for the development of the Jays. I understand both times he decided to leave. I will forever be grateful for his time here and am glad a majority of the fans seem to feel the same way. I hope the minority that resents him for leaving remains a minority forever and that he always gets a warm welcome in Boston and by Celtics fans.
I think you nailed it. Writing was on the wall with Jrue and Staps, Horford only wouldve come back on a short, low $$ deal and we all thought the team was a long shot for contention this year. It kind of felt like the end of an era, he talks about a new “challenge” in his comments and I completely get the feeling of wanting a fresh challenge to take on when the time is right. I mean think about it, this year we had Queta, Garza and Williams all really show out when they got the chance, and Al wouldve blocked them from playing or ended up a true washed Vet teaching them in practice and not playing.
As far as I’m concerned, Horford is forever stamped in Boston for choosing us when nobody else was, and bringing Banner 18 home. The debate on retiring his number is a different conversation, but I can never be mad at him. He earned the right to pursue whatever “challenge” is the most fulfilling in his final seasons.
“This” means seeing Jason Tatum hit the deck with a torn achilles.
are people really still not getting what he said? it’s simple, but it’s not just money, it’s money based on production. horford basically was saying if you want me to play starter or 6th man, then pay me starter/6th man money, while we can only offer him a vet min. it’s not a black/white thing, both sides are right with their reasons. you can argue that at this point in his career he shouldn’t care about a couple extra mil but from his perspective it’s also a sign of validation. parting ways was the best route for both parties and we are also better off without horford this year as we’ve seen
That has nothing to do with what he said.
What does this even mean
Jesus told him to get that bag
Christ needed his presence in the western conference play in
This response is criminally underrated
Obviously
Al “Erika Kirk” Horford
He thought it was going to be a gap year and Boston was shedding salary to go under the apron. So, no chance to be competitive, and he was going to be paid less than what GSW was offering. At least in his mind.
Just like when Doc left us because he was “too good” for a rebuild.
Then Brad had us back in the playoffs one year later, with a box of scraps
Crazy that it was the same exact situation the last time he left, got offered more money to play in Philly but ended up getting swept by Boston in the first round
And he was WELL within his right to do so. I dunno why he’s acting like it’s a sin to just say that. Few thought the Cs would win 50+ games this year, Al chose the money and an opportunity he felt was better to win a championship, who is gonna begrudge him for taking the chance?
Plus, it’s not like he hasn’t chosen the bag 💰over the Cs before … it’s fine to just SAY that. Doesn’t change or diminish the memories he gave our team.
I wish people would show the receipts for their knowing the Cs would be this good in August of last year. Basically everyone, including ownership, thought they’d be mid. I don’t begrudge him, even if it was the wrong call.
Nah, don’t think it’s that complicated; he’s never struck me as the guy to be concerned about player rankings. He got a ring… that’s a great achievement for any NBA career.
Honestly he made the correct choice for himself. He knew Boston was shedding salary. And in fact they sent out productive minimum contracts like Minott and Tillman in order to get under the tax. There’s no certainty that Horford would not have been a casualty if it came to that, so I can’t begrudge him for leaving.
Honestly sounds like he can’t admit that he thought the Celtics would be losers this year and GSW (with butler healthy) could be contenders where he’d have a role.
He’s been on multiple teams before so I can’t believe he just needed to experience a new setting before retiring
Ding ding ding this is the correct answer.
The money difference is way less than people make it out to be- he makes 2m over a vet min in a state with substantially higher income tax for the highest earners & a higher CoL. Seems like meaningful money from the cheap seats but it works out to somebody who’d made 100k/yr for the last 20 years moving cross country for a total bonus of 12k over what they’d’ve made staying. Not super compelling (& odd, frankly, to uproot one’s kids from their friend-groups/schools for so little, relatively)
Like you say- it’s that he thought we’d be bad, the Dubs would be good, & now he doesn’t want to say that bc he knows it’d sound bad given how it all actually played out. Especially so in that he already made that same decision going to Philly & likewise it worked out terrible.
Frankly Al is lucky we rescued him after he left the first time or he’d be ending his career w zero rings (OKC would not have kept him). Said it elsewhere- he will always have my respect/gratitude as a vital piece on a championship team for us, but the man lost my affection (which had been substantial) this time. I think it says a lot about a players mentality to forgo near certain jersey retirement in a city that reveres you & wouldve forever
Particularly grateful since it cost the Celtics the draft pick that turned out to be Alper Sengun to bring Horford back.
Al took a pretty fair deal before he left. The only time I can think that he took less than what he could get.
No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative
I get wanting to chase a bag, but just admit that’s what you did.
Love Al, miss him. But that Golden State team looked putrid this year.
he’s gotta marinate in that while the C’s cruise.
he’s gotta marinate in that while the C’s cruise
We Crise
Cus crise 💪
This will never not be funny
Is it even a bag, though? The least amount we could sign him for was \(3.6M and he signed for like \)5.6M (this year).
Even if we were only offering him the minimum, that seems like a huge shift in your life and your family’s life after making close to $300M in his career.
There has to be more to this or else he really is just incredibly finicky.
its what leaves a sour taste for me in my mouth, he left the Celtics and sticking together for the last remainder of his career over ~$2 million a year and going to a team that was aging overall into the ground
The Warriors with Jimmy were really good, they played at a 55 win pace. Vegas wasn’t expecting that many wins but they still had Golden State as the six seed in the harder West, and the Celtics at .500 and in the play-in as the nine seed.
The 9⁄10 seeds have never won a playoff series. Celtics were expected to trade more salary to duck the tax, and some pundits were calling for a tank to add a lottery pick to use or trade. Al guessed wrong, but you never know how many more seasons you have at that age, plus the two million other reasons.
Jimmy and Steph haven’t been able to stay healthy for long stretches for the past 3ish years. Why would anyone expect a 55 win pace from them?
Frontrunner karma at its finest
Team might not look the same had he stayed. Most people didn’t want him on the floor during last years playoffs so I don’t know why it’s a big deal he left.
Al is a respected vet and I think the Cs were very up front with him that they had to shed salary. I really don’t think it’s more complicated than that
Plus, given how we ultimately disposed of Jrue and KP, there would likely be the threat of being traded looming over him at all times. I can understand not wanting to spend the last of your career with that at the back of your mind.
Love Al, wish he stayed, but I don’t begrudge him leaving. I’ll always be grateful for Banner 18 and all the seasons he played leading up to it.
Exactly, surprised how much hate people have.
He’d also likely have had his role diminished. Team needed to see what it had in Garza and Minott. (I’m assuming that the team already knew Queta was ready for the big step he took this year.)
Honestly worked out better for the C’s. Garza is more dynamic and capable of contributing as a back-up big at this point in time.
Plus JB, JT, and White (and Tillman when he was here) were more than capable of providing the veteran leadership that’s needed.
Exactly, I have no ill will towards Big Al at all and I’ll always remember him fondly, he was an awesome Celtic
I would have a lot more respect for someone if they were just honest about it. We know the game is about making a metric duck load of money. Chase the ring for status, use the status for wealth, use the wealth for legend and branding to take the wealth over the top. The game makes players too much money for it to not be about money anymore.
People really haven’t done the math.
For someone w Horford’s career earnings, making 2m more than the vet min in a state with substantially higher top tax rates & way higher CoL works out equivalent to somebody who’d made 100k for the past 20 years moving cross country for a sum total of 12k over what they’d have made staying (this doesn’t even include the longterm off court opportunities of being a revered sports elder statesman in Boston).
Yes I guess that’s “a bag” but I sure wouldn’t uproot my kids from their friends & communities for it
Alright time to find a new talking point
is he following the wind or his horoscope or something? wtf is he talking about
Maybe he’s been hanging out with Kyrie
I read it as most likely C’s were gonna be bad in his twilight and sell off the good players + lowball him, and he understood it as a business.
Less likely option he’s trying to transition to coaching in GS I guess
Kinda interesting this reminds me of when he left to the 76ers too. Ah well
Is it even clear the Celtics made Horford or Kornet competitive offers to what they got elsewhere? Ownership was treating it as a tank year and doing anything they could to get under the aprons and then luxury tax (and at the time we needed to sign Horford/Kornet, it wasn’t clear we would be able to do it).
He blew his chance to have 42 retired at the Garden someday in order to… get bounced in the play-in 💀
Word salad from Al…
Word sALad
Nobody here will believe me but I had a coworker who used to go to church with Al in Boston. They were part of a congregation that believed in prophecy. My coworker told me about how he would change jobs because a seer told him to. Wouldn’t be surprised if Al did the same thing
What church is this? I thought he was Catholic lol. Also, explains why he is an anti-vaxxer
For the life of me I can’t remember. I’ll check in with him. My coworker tried to get me to go… Hard pass
Yeah, don’t go. Just ask for us lol
Had a friend trying to get me and my girlfriend to go to church with her. I finally said yes, showed up dressed all out goth (I was normally clean cut). My girlfriend was a hippie… so she was dressed like a hippie. Meanwhile, my friend was in her Sunday finest. It was pretty hilarious. No church that day I was actually disappointed.
Literally a nothing burger of a quote that doesn’t give any “real reason he left”. We love Al and he loves us back.
Al, can you send your son back, though? I miss seeing him on the sidelines interacting with all the guys!
This was the biggest word salad nonsense I ever read.
Translates to me as “Celtics were having a fire sale moving Jrue and KP, I didn’t know if Tatum was going to be back or what kind of shape he would be in if he did. I didn’t think JB, DWhite, PP and spare parts could contend. I went ring chasing and it blew up in my face.”
It’s OK Big Al. Nothing but love for you and you’ll always be at home in Boston.
Pretty obvious he left for a bigger bag while also thinking the warriors had a better chance at winning than we did this year. Obviously the second part backfired but can’t fault Al for chasing one last ring and paycheck. Feels like a nothing story that people are trying to make bigger than it is.
I feel like he’s not netting significantly more with the higher cost of living and probably taxes.
He’s the one who said “it was a deeper reason I’ll reveal later” only to say absolute nothing. This fanbase still has love for him & are probably the smartest fans across the league. If he would just be honest about it the majority would understand & we could all move on.
I don’t think that answered any questions or gave an actual real reason at all actually
Cause wtf does that even mean
I think it’s time to stop talking about this
What he means is, he is using his faith to mask that he wants to go where the money is. I will never fault a player for choosing to play where they’ll get paid the most since athletes have a finite amount of time to earn all the money they’ll ever make. I do however find it off putting when one pretends that it is their faith making the decision instead of their wallet.
People will do anything under the guise of “faith”
Did his fifth grade English teach tell him he needed a certain word count or something?
Everyone got paid, Al didn’t. Second time he’s left in a “gap year” for a bag and an early exit but whatever. Appreciate what he’s done here.
He made $2M more than the minimum this year. Taking it as a lack of respect from the Celtics is a bad look if that’s what it is since they resurrected his career in the first place
Honestly tho want do u want from him to publicly tweet he was wrong? That’s it? I mean I just don’t know why in the middle of the playoffs why we should give this energy to the point we are bringing up “lack of respect”? Let’s focus on victory lapping on the sixers and not one of our best former role players
Al should just let it go and stop being so cryptic. He moved on and so have we. I’m just responding to a random post while hoping the Knicks lose this game. Don’t worry, I’m fully focused on this Celtics playoff run. I couldn’t be more excited
We know it was for the bag but we forgive you champ
Al we ain’t mad at you, I would leave Boston for $11.65 million dollars and nice weather too
I mean the veteran minimum the Celtics could offer him was ~\(3.3 million so he really only got \~\)2-2.5 million more by going to the Warriors this year (since it seems like he’s opting out of the other \(5.5 million for next year) and even then the taxes in California/San Fransisco are one of the few places worse than Massachussetts so the difference is very minimal to him considering he made almost \)300 million in career earnings
Translation: money
Who cares. I will always love NBA champion Al Horford. One of my favorite guys to root for.
Losing legacy and aura for percentage wise against career earnings only a slightly bigger bag
So Golden State offered more and he thought it was a gap year in Boston. Horford is a professional. I don’t blame him for taking money to play basketball into his late 30s/early 40s. He just happened to be wrong about the Cs season.
I’m incredibly unsatisfied with this vague “reveal”
I’m sorry but this whole saga has brought Al Horford down a bit in my sports player rankings (I’m from Atlanta & met him as a rookie, basically been watching him his entire career).
Just be honest & say you wanted to play w/ Steph Curry & there was some uncertainty regarding the Celtics going forward so I took this opportunity. Oh, & money. But the whole “oh it was a deeper reason I’ll reveal later” only for the reason to be a buncha word salad just……sigh.
Once he retires I’m sure I’ll be ready to celebrate him again but until then I’m very indifferent towards Al.
I too like to do things and being in a place where I am able to do things makes it better for me too. I’m picking up what Al is laying down.
Is it me or it’s just a nothing burger?
Thanks, Al. You left for the money twice, Al. You can just say that, it’s ok.
What exactly do Celtic fans want from Al horford and what will change once he gives it to you? Creating pointless drama for one of the longest tenure free agents who became Celtics over the last ten years is just weird to me. Let it go he gave us his best years that’s all that matters now
I mean, he’s under no obligation to justify why he left. We’re not ‘owed’ that information. Horford made the decision that he felt was the best for him. That’s all anyone can do in life, and for all we know, it may in fact still be the best decision according to his needs, wants, and values.
Like… give it a rest, already. Get off the man’s back.
If following his faith and belief was anything but a money decision he made the wrong choice. I think he thought he had a better opportunity to win another chip in GS.
“I prayed on it, and Jesus didn’t think the Celtics had a chance”
Bunch of nonsense
Said a whole lot of nothing lol
Idc I’ll always love Al
Translation:
Celtics were cap stretched and had no hope of giving him the contract he wanted so they amicably parted ways.
I think what he meant by the “next challenge” is to win a championship in the Western Conference.
I again don’t understand why everyone cares so much.
I’m sorry but this is a bunch of BS. This unnamed stuff thats bigger than the game is obviously a bigger bag and a better chance to win a ring (not so much now lol).
He did what he considered best for him and that’s fine, but F* the BS.
I will always love Al, but let’s be honest, he will leave a team for an extra three-fiddy.
Both sides should just let it go lol
I take this as. I’m on the back end of my career, I want a team with as big a role as possible so I can get paid the most amount of money before I retire.
And that is TOTALLY okay.
Just say you left for the money dude it’s totally fine. Nobody is going to judge an athlete for maximizing their value.
No big deal, it was best for him and the Celtics that he went to Golden State. Wished him the best when he went and I don’t think he owes anyone an explanation. He deserved to do what he needed to do. Always love Al
Just say money, Al.
You do you Al just stay away from Ivey territory
$$$
Lol bro just say you wanna stack paper and flex on them hoes
He thought we were rebuilding(can’t blame him), and didn’t want to go through that. Now we’re poised to make a finals run, and he’s out of the playoffs. It’s gotta sting.
Just like God sent him to Philly for one awful season ?! He left for the money and contending was at the end of his mind. He chose Boston because money and being the guy. Stevens saved him by bringing him back letting him play in two nba finals and finally winning one. He repays them by leaving for the warriors 😂. Fool me once .. horford ruined his legacy leaving a second time, sorry. Nobody cares except to laugh at you. Retire enjoy the legacy. In three years as an analyst you can pretend you were a Celtic.
Challenge not going well…
hes referring to the tweet his sister made smh
I have her blocked what did she say?
4 years ago she tweeted a fuck,marry, kill with ime JT and JB lmao
🙄 and it shit like that is why I blocked her to begin with
Al just be honest, you wanted the bag and thought Celtics will be bad this year. No harm in that.
We get it, Al. You don’t have to explain. You deserve the bag
We all know he left for money and thought the Celtics would be shit without Tatum and other guys leaving so he thought the warriors were a better option to ring chase….
wtf is this response lol
Love Al but was pretty pissed when he said this earlier this season when we were playing them. Everyone was trying to make it into discrimination and racism, ie clown on Boston. I’m not taking away from those that do experience those things here or anywhere, but having it be so cryptic and “I’ll explain it someday” was annoying
Tldr?
It’s the second time he thought he was leaving a sinking ship for greener pastures and was wrong again. Unfortunately for Al there won’t be a third chance.
His new challenge of not having to play in the playoffs.
He prioritized the extra 2 months of vacation days he gets at his new gig.
This = respect = money
Clear as mud.
Bro didn’t like New England it’s fine he old old people follow the sun
He’s making $5M for playing very little
“Reveals the real reason” and it’s just more cryptic
Time for this story to die. The way Al left was disappointing but is in reality an insignificant blemish on his overall beloved tenure in green.
I almost kind of wonder if Al didn’t jive with Joe. Psycho Joe might have been a little much on a seasoned pro like Big Al. Might have said or done something that offended Al’s very sensible sensibilities. 1000% speculation, but that’s all I got.
I’ll be honest, completely setting aside money and which team would offer him a better chance at contending…If I’m a multimillionaire I would much rather live in the Bay Area than I would almost anywhere in Boston.
His family was happy in Boston
Probably a combination of a couple things then - better lifestyle in California as well as a better paycheck. If I was in that scenario, I would go to California too tbh.
Family might be happy in Boston, but wouldn’t be surprised if they were happier in California.
I’m ok he left. He accomplished what he needed to here in winning a championship. We weren’t going to pay him as much as GSW. It makes sense for most players to try to earn as much money as possible in their career anyway. Plus with Curry and Butler, GSW was seen as a dark horse to compete. Though I felt like Looney was a better fit for them, than Horford.
With Tatum out there was a lot of uncertainty. Ownership wanted to shed salary seeing as our best player was out for a year, which usually means we would be out for contention.
The 2024-25 season and playoffs showed we needed to get younger to compete with younger upcoming teams in OKC, Knicks, Cavs etc. We were playing Jrue, Horford, Porzingis a lot of big mins and I kind of feel like they were gassed by the end of it due to their inconsistent performance.
Is the new challenge being on a team that gets eliminated in the play-ins?
what?
Wow—somehow even more confusing than a political word salad from the former VP. 🥗
So let’s set the facts straight.
End of Orlando series.
Yea oc I’m staying. It will be fine
JT injured - idk , I need to think.
Next thing a rolling list of pretzeling reasons no reasons and self convincing excuses.
Much easier than to simply admit I f*uck up again. When things get tough , it is easier to move on.
But yea, tell us stories about the inner journey instead. Right
This reads like a Triston Casas ig post
Cool story Al, enjoy Cancun.
Guys I think it was just money
is he saying god told him to leave the Celtics
So cutting through his words here, it appears that he is saying “I’d rather take on new challenges than stay somewhere that I have already accomplished my goal.” Since he won in Boston, the theory would be that he wants to try to win somewhere else too.
Its not an awful motivation–it is the reason that a lot of musicians go onto solo projects, or media figures try politics.
The thing is that I don’t believe him. I think the primary motivation was “I can get more money AND go to a contender, why am I staying around this team that just traded everyone good away, with an injured star who I will be too old to play with when he recovers?” But he needed to invent a story.
I’m always a Horford fan. This is a business. He played hard for the Celtics and we won with him. The greatest non-championship moment in Celtics history might be him dunking on and elbowing Antetokounmpo in the face. So he’s fine doing whatever he wants to do. Total pass. He should just be honest about it.
Love love LOVE Al, but why can’t this man just admit he was looking for a bigger pay day 😭 everyone knows Brad was going to be making significant salary cuts to get below the aprons, it’s not like it’s a secret lmao
This sounds like emotional regret
Al really is not saying a lot here, and I respect it. Love you Al!
TRANSLATION: $$$
wut
dont know why people are so fixated on this (again). horford was key to that championship run, remained professional the whole time (and even after he left). hes earned the right to leave if he wants. Understand from the viewpoint of a pro player who is still competitive and trying to win, why stay on a team blowing it up? dont do the weirdo revisionist history thing
My analysis is that it wasn’t the money (really just isn’t that much money for a guy like Horford math it out)
I think he genuinely did think GS would be good this year & the Cs would be bad (& maybe without a path to be good again)- it’s obv to me anyway that he doesn’t want to say that publicly bc it’s basically the second time he’s made that exact miscalculation & he knows it.
However, I think there’s a much deeper & more psychological reason that I haven’t seen anyone talk about: the inability to mentally handle aging & coming to grips with the changes involved in that. I think the prospect of Udonis Haslem-ization of his role in Boston (being old amongst relative children, becoming more a developmental coach than a player) scared the shit out of him & he went to the place where he’d be surrounded by guys his age & still be a player.
He’s fighting an unwinnable battle against the dying of the light bc it is genuinely scary for a lot of these guys to move on from the only version of themselves they’ve really ever known.
That said, his basketball analysis could not have been worse- while I had modest hopes for our team (I really just wanted a fun, competitive team, win or lose, w maybe a positive developmental story), I knew the Warriors were gonna be a play-in team. West too stacked. Too old not to get fucked by the injury bug somehow in a long slog regular season. Like maybe they’d have had some high highs when everyone was healthy, but their overall realistic prospects were at best a first round shellacking by a high seed.
As someone watching my old dad & much older brother struggle mightily with aging, my advice to you young bucks, if still reading all this, is to keep your mortality & coming diminishment & end on your shoulder, as it were, & come to good terms with it as young as you can. Embrace it. You’ll feel way better the whole time, you will savor life vastly more, & crucially, you will make better decisions.
Certainly you will not forgo having your number retired in Boston (of all the places to receive that honor) to go chase illusions while running from age.
He wasn’t going to start. Now he’s on vacation.
Love Al but please don’t try to come back this offseason. Leaving twice is about as much as I can handle
He always leaves when he thinks we are done then he looks stupid unfortunately. Don’t come back!
I miss Al Horford! Total team player, super positive attitude, worked hard, no complaining, 3pt shots were excellent and he delivered in the big moments. And he is a born again believer. Man I have a lot of time for a guy like that.
What was the original comment supposedly more cryptic than this one?
Not gonna hate on the 40 year old for wanting to compete in his last few years. He chose us back in 2016 after finally emerging from the rebuild so it’s ok.
Will always love Al but it never made sense to leave for a better chance to compete when you leave for the old ass injury prone warriors.
He didn’t have faith in what they would be this year or he wanted money. Simple as that. I’m sure he regrets it now. As he should. Celtics are probably better off without him this season anyway.
From a Christian perspective Leaving Boston for California for your “faith” is nonsensical. Leaving one job for another that pays more because of “faith” is also a nonsense statement. I left California for the Midwest and took less money to raise my kids somewhere wholesome and safe because of my faith. We are missing a key detail or Al has lost his mind. Either way this doesn’t even need to be explained. Why even say anything?
Love Al but he knows he fucked up. Sorry you didn’t have faith in the Celtics and he’s reaping what he sewed. Sorry not sorry. Players can be fickle
So he says this about 300 times and its the entire article. One pointless waste of space. Why did i take the time to read this article that said nothing
“ I just felt like I knew it was the right time and this was the next challenge and step for me”
He didn’t want to take a paycut. I respect it. Just say that or shut up though. Stop trying to flip it and lie to us.
I don’t blame him if it’s for the money tbh. Most of us would have chased the money. Bball career is short, so gotta make the most of it. Seems to me he left because he didn’t think Cs would be a contender and that’s the disappointing part.
i don’t begrudge anyone looking for the next contract but i also have to wonder if that’s really your motivation when your career earnings are pushing \(300 million. like, so you made \)325 million versus $290 million in your career. does it really matter at that point?
Dick head could’ve retired as a Celtic and been in the trenches in this gap year but now he’s home early and confused what to do next lol at least others players got some shine. Did it twice
Horford man, get better PR. You left for money, it ain’t nothing wrong with that, you’ve made it clear throughout ya career. Don’t leave money on the table, these billion dollar orgs will be alright. But you also gotta eat it when it does not work well for you.
Did Kyrie write this?
This changes everything. Wow.
Have you seen dudes wife? I don’t care what she told me to do, I don’t care what she told me to do, I’d fucking find a way. She’s like 6’2. Death by snusnu.
Just as cryptic as the last time. Al Horford will, I believe,make any team he is on better. That said, the bullshit “Christianity” of it is hard to take. The Lord didn’t want you to go anywhere Al. So stop pretending that God had anything to do with it. No God is that interested in any of us.
Bro left us for scraps just to get eliminated in the play in, 100% deserved and he should get way more flak for how he’s acted about it.
Keep gabbering. Nothin gonna break me down.
Al needs more respect$$$$$
A nba player making less than 6 mil…how you expect him to eat?!?
He was great for us and then made a decision to follow the money. It didn’t work out and now he’ll likely disappear into the sunset after the Warriors get blown up this offseason. Story over.
Simply put, he left for the same reason he left the first time to “win”
He thought golden state put him in a better position to win later in his career, similar to how he felt Philly would.
He was wrong both times. It happens, live with your decision, stop making excuses, and move on
Yeah this just kind of solidifies my stance, and I won’t go into it any further. But you fucked up again, Al. Should have learned the first time
Then he would’ve just accepted equal money to play elsewhere, lost a little respect for Al in this.