Al Horford’s Bold Move to the Warriors: Can He Defy the Odds for One Last NBA Title?
In Golden State, at least Horford can cling to a chance, even an outside one, at another ring.
Everything changed in Boston when Tatum ruptured his right Achilles tendon in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Gone was Boston’s shot at becoming the NBA’s first repeat champion since 2018. Gone was Horford’s championship window, at least for now, and now is all the nearly 40-year-old has.
Staring Boston in the face instead was the NBA’s second apron, a punitive salary cap construct that ultimately cost the Celtics both Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porziņģis. They could have figured out a way to stay under the second apron and retain Horford for next season, but it may have cost them Sam Hauser, and to what end? Certainly not to quench Horford’s ceaseless thirst for another championship.



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