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The Boston Celtics finished the 2017-18 regular season campaign with a 55-27 overall record, which was good for a No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Though they managed to best the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers in the first two rounds, the C's were ultimately defeated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, 4-3. Now, with a new season on the horizon and two key players returning from injury (Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward), Al Horford feels the Celtics will finally have an identity.
Horford, now 32 years of age, said as much in an interview with The Boston Herald, noting that the team is “used to each other” after a season together.
“This year, I feel like, after the type of year that we had last year, we have an identity as a group,” Al Horford told The Boston Herald. “We faced some adversity and we had to make adjustments. Now we’re used to each other.
“Obviously now we have to reincorporate Gordon and Kyrie back to what we’re doing, but this year I feel like everybody knows what to expect,” Horford added. “We know what our goals are, and there’s not so much tension. I felt like last year there was probably a little of, like, what’s this going to be? We know what it is now.”
The Celtics signed Horford to a four-year, $113 million deal in July of 2016. The former No. 3 overall pick is most-known for his days with the Atlanta Hawks, but he's quickly endeared himself to fans in Beantown.
Horford made 72 appearances with the Celtics during their 2017-18 regular season campaign, racking up averages of 12.9 points on 48.9 percent shooting from the field (42.9 percent from beyond the arc), 7.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 1.1 blocks in 31.6 minutes per outing.
