Al Horford Thread

[DogBentley14]

I was hoping they would draft Mark Williams from Duke but the Cs lost their first rounder, sadly.

[Hal14]

I was hoping they would draft Mark Williams from Duke but the Cs lost their first rounder, sadly.

wouldn't really make sense to draft mark williams after we extended rob for 4 more years. we wouldn't have been able to play mark and rob at the same time. Plus, our pick would've been the 24th pick and mark is probably gonna be gone by then anyways.

[Parliament10]

Regardless of how the playoffs end, guarantee Horford's contract for the upcoming year and sign him to a 2 year (1+1) for 10 mill per. Keep him beside Timelord in the starting rotation. Sign Grant to a 4-year deal this summer, or when he becomes eligible, at bench big money. (7-9 mil per year) Keep Theis of course. With all that being said, the big we should be looking to upgrade is Kornet. With Horfords age and Timelords injury history (although both have had great years health wise compared to what was expected at the beginning of the year) we need a 5th big to develop, so if one of our four goes down, we have someone to step in. I don't see Grant of Theis as full-time starters but really good fill ins when needed. Sign a Euro big, draft a project big in the 2nd round of the draft, or trade a future 1st and use one of the 200 (j/k) TPE's we have or something. I really like Kornet...on the Maine Celtics, but not on the big boy team.

a 5th big? Most teams don't have that many bigs. The ones that do, I can guarantee Kornet is as good (if not better) than any of them.

Kornet is better than the sixers 2nd big, Deandre Jordan..

We actually could use a starting PF/C to replace Al as he ages out. Theis/Grant is solid for now while Al is playing at this level and assuming RW is healthy enough to play full time.

Yes, Agreed. We need to find (and/or train) a replacement for Horford, if that's even possible.
Grant and Theis are Great in their Roles, as 6th-Men types. But, we'll need another Starter Quality Big, eventually.

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Let's get Horford off this list.

Horford moving up the list of players with most playoff games but no title. 5th among active players.



Gotta win one (or four) in green!

That could entail keeping Chris Paul on it.

[Hal14]

Brad, I'm begging you to bring this guy in for a tryout this offseason.

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

25 years old. 6'11", 232 lbs with a 7'3" wingspan and shooting 41.5% from 3 on 3.2 attempts a game.

The next Al Horford?

[1st banana]

Brad, I'm begging you to bring this guy in for a tryout this offseason.

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

25 years old. 6'11", 232 lbs with a 7'3" wingspan and shooting 41.5% from 3 on 3.2 attempts a game.

The next Al Horford?

Wow I’m in, **** the off-season fly his ass in here tonight.

[sam_I_am]

Brad, I'm begging you to bring this guy in for a tryout this offseason.

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

25 years old. 6'11", 232 lbs with a 7'3" wingspan and shooting 41.5% from 3 on 3.2 attempts a game.

The next Al Horford?

Wow I’m in, **** the off-season fly his ass in here tonight.

Is he really 25? He looks more like 38 in the lower picture.

[celticfan42487]

Per the wiretap Brogdon is likely to be traded in the off season as the Pacers look to enter a rebuilding mode. Perhaps trading for him and moving Tatum back to PF is the real big solution here.

At the moment it's pretty key for our defense to have guards that are big enough to switch all over the place and Brogdon is one of those rare guards at 6'5" and 230 pounds that is also able to drop dimes (5aspg career average) and be an elite shooter (46% fg 37%3 88% FT career averages).

So he should fit into our defense, can play off or on ball, and should help make it so Jaylen Brown won't be responsible for playmaking unless by play design. He's basically what we hoped Hayward would be but none of the expectations and reputation clash to demand the ball now that we have a fully realized Brown and Tatum.

It's impossible to think of a way to improve on this team without getting allstars really, but given Brodgon's injury issues, and age (29) his market should be reserved to teams like us trying to add something to contend.

So this thought is more of a "what to do with Horford giving his age and contract" and inevitable role reduction as he enter's next year as a 36 year old big (there are not more than a couple 37 year NBA bigs for a reason and none of them are starter level for a reason).

This would allow us to switch to a post Horford lineup of Smart, Brogdon, Brown, Tatum, Rob lineup.

Based on salaries it seems like the only trade would be something along the lines of Brog for Horford and a late first or so.

(that also reduces our payroll by about 4 million so we get more flexibility to work with the payroll/lux tax concerns)

[Theocy]

Papagiannis is lighting it up in Greece and the euroleague btw. Some of you most likely remember him. Playing for the worst Panathinaikos of recent times and he is the only possitive outlier of that team.

[Justin33]

Horford will be back at his fully guaranteed deal

[sam_I_am]

Al Horford is the present, that’s for damn sure!

[BRUNiNHO91]

As long as big Al lives and breathes, I want him in green.

[sam_I_am]

As long as big Al lives and breathes, I want him in green.

And 1!

[Theocy]

As long as big Al lives and breathes, I want him in green.

And 1!

The way he’s been playing 6ers might offer him a 4 year max

[KGboss]

I see horford resigning for shorter money

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[zoyathedestroya]

His 20-15 in game 1 was only the third time he's done it as a Celtic, RS + Playoffs. It's also only the third time he's done it in the postseason his entire career.

He really stepped up in Timelord's absence.

[165bows]

Per the wiretap Brogdon is likely to be traded in the off season as the Pacers look to enter a rebuilding mode. Perhaps trading for him and moving Tatum back to PF is the real big solution here.

At the moment it's pretty key for our defense to have guards that are big enough to switch all over the place and Brogdon is one of those rare guards at 6'5" and 230 pounds that is also able to drop dimes (5aspg career average) and be an elite shooter (46% fg 37%3 88% FT career averages).

So he should fit into our defense, can play off or on ball, and should help make it so Jaylen Brown won't be responsible for playmaking unless by play design. He's basically what we hoped Hayward would be but none of the expectations and reputation clash to demand the ball now that we have a fully realized Brown and Tatum.

It's impossible to think of a way to improve on this team without getting allstars really, but given Brodgon's injury issues, and age (29) his market should be reserved to teams like us trying to add something to contend.

So this thought is more of a "what to do with Horford giving his age and contract" and inevitable role reduction as he enter's next year as a 36 year old big (there are not more than a couple 37 year NBA bigs for a reason and none of them are starter level for a reason).

This would allow us to switch to a post Horford lineup of Smart, Brogdon, Brown, Tatum, Rob lineup.

Based on salaries it seems like the only trade would be something along the lines of Brog for Horford and a late first or so.

(that also reduces our payroll by about 4 million so we get more flexibility to work with the payroll/lux tax concerns)

Theis, Nesmith, Pritchard, a couple minimum salary guys and pick(s) seems like the way to go. Pretty intriguing option really. Extend Horford and move him to the bench.

[sam_I_am]

Per the wiretap Brogdon is likely to be traded in the off season as the Pacers look to enter a rebuilding mode. Perhaps trading for him and moving Tatum back to PF is the real big solution here.

At the moment it's pretty key for our defense to have guards that are big enough to switch all over the place and Brogdon is one of those rare guards at 6'5" and 230 pounds that is also able to drop dimes (5aspg career average) and be an elite shooter (46% fg 37%3 88% FT career averages).

So he should fit into our defense, can play off or on ball, and should help make it so Jaylen Brown won't be responsible for playmaking unless by play design. He's basically what we hoped Hayward would be but none of the expectations and reputation clash to demand the ball now that we have a fully realized Brown and Tatum.

It's impossible to think of a way to improve on this team without getting allstars really, but given Brodgon's injury issues, and age (29) his market should be reserved to teams like us trying to add something to contend.

So this thought is more of a "what to do with Horford giving his age and contract" and inevitable role reduction as he enter's next year as a 36 year old big (there are not more than a couple 37 year NBA bigs for a reason and none of them are starter level for a reason).

This would allow us to switch to a post Horford lineup of Smart, Brogdon, Brown, Tatum, Rob lineup.

Based on salaries it seems like the only trade would be something along the lines of Brog for Horford and a late first or so.

(that also reduces our payroll by about 4 million so we get more flexibility to work with the payroll/lux tax concerns)

Theis, Nesmith, Pritchard, a couple minimum salary guys and pick(s) seems like the way to go. Pretty intriguing option really. Extend Horford and move him to the bench.

A healthy Brogdon would be great but given salary/age/health, White was a safer bet. I think Herb Jones in NO might be the next Brogdon like second round steal.

[Celts17Pride]

Per the wiretap Brogdon is likely to be traded in the off season as the Pacers look to enter a rebuilding mode. Perhaps trading for him and moving Tatum back to PF is the real big solution here.

At the moment it's pretty key for our defense to have guards that are big enough to switch all over the place and Brogdon is one of those rare guards at 6'5" and 230 pounds that is also able to drop dimes (5aspg career average) and be an elite shooter (46% fg 37%3 88% FT career averages).

So he should fit into our defense, can play off or on ball, and should help make it so Jaylen Brown won't be responsible for playmaking unless by play design. He's basically what we hoped Hayward would be but none of the expectations and reputation clash to demand the ball now that we have a fully realized Brown and Tatum.

It's impossible to think of a way to improve on this team without getting allstars really, but given Brodgon's injury issues, and age (29) his market should be reserved to teams like us trying to add something to contend.

So this thought is more of a "what to do with Horford giving his age and contract" and inevitable role reduction as he enter's next year as a 36 year old big (there are not more than a couple 37 year NBA bigs for a reason and none of them are starter level for a reason).

This would allow us to switch to a post Horford lineup of Smart, Brogdon, Brown, Tatum, Rob lineup.

Based on salaries it seems like the only trade would be something along the lines of Brog for Horford and a late first or so.

(that also reduces our payroll by about 4 million so we get more flexibility to work with the payroll/lux tax concerns)

Theis, Nesmith, Pritchard, a couple minimum salary guys and pick(s) seems like the way to go. Pretty intriguing option really. Extend Horford and move him to the bench.

A healthy Brogdon would be great but given salary/age/health, White was a safer bet. I think Herb Jones in NO might be the next Brogdon like second round steal.

A healthy Brogdon? Is there such a thing?

[Theocy]

Theis, Nesmith, Pritchard, a couple minimum salary guys and pick(s) seems like the way to go. Pretty intriguing option really. Extend Horford and move him to the bench.

A healthy Brogdon would be great but given salary/age/health, White was a safer bet. I think Herb Jones in NO might be the next Brogdon like second round steal.

A healthy Brogdon? Is there such a thing?

He hasn’t played much in two years has he.

Do we have an understanding of the types of injuries he sustained the past 2 years ?