Fundamental to the success of the Celtics, whether this season or the previous one, Al Horford was going to show up this summer on the Free Agency 2023 market. A risk that Boston management did not want to take, since Brad Stevens and his minions extended Big Al into the green house. The contract ? 2 years, for 20 million dollars.
This is the kind of deal that is made, between a few winks, out of sight.
Aged 36, Al Horford returned to Boston a year ago following a nice trade signed Brad Stevens. Passage to be forgotten on the side of Philadelphia, ghostly freelance at OKC, Horford was exchanged for Kemba Walker and two cigarettes in the hope of relaunching his fine career. The following ? We know her, Horford will regain her youth of yesteryear and allow Boston to achieve an incredible season, going all the way to the NBA Finals once morest the Warriors.
After this magnificent comeback, the big question was: how would the Celtics approach the following summer (2023) during which Horford would become a free agent?
Well the answer, we got it this Thursday followingnoon, with a bombshell from the unmissable Adrian Wojnarowski, at 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
2 years, 20 million dollars, the lock is on the end of Big Al’s career!
A completely honest price for a player who has already accumulated nice salaries during his career (more than 240 million), and who has only one thing in mind: the champion ring. If Horford’s form will remain to be watched knowing that this deal will take him until he is 39, Boston has done the most important thing by announcing to Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart that their veteran will not move this summer. Continuity, intelligence and a sense of sacrifice are the values that Brad Stevens wants to cement in the legendary Celtics franchise.
This season, in 18 games, Al Horford turns to 10.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 0.9 once morest on average at 55% shooting including a whopping 49% from three-pointers.
Source : ESPN