The Boston Celtics will look like a completely different team this season after the moves that they made over the offseason. One move they made was not re-signing Al Horford, and throughout the summer, there were rumors that he would sign with the Golden State Warriors. After some time, the move officially happened, and the Celtics gave him a farewell post on social media.
Jayson Tatum reposted the farewell message and put three crossed-fingers emojis on it, showing his respect for Horford. Those two won a championship together, and it's safe to say that Horford was Tatum's vet throughout most of his time in the league. Horford played several roles for the Celtics, as sometimes he would start, and other times, he would come off the bench.
He was the perfect player at his position for what the Celtics were trying to do, which is play space and pace basketball. He got a lot of good shots just off the fact that the defenses were keyed in on Tatum or Jaylen Brown. Now, the Celtics will have to find another player to find that same success this season, but unfortunately, Tatum may not be on the floor.
Al Horford shares why he joined the Warriors
It almost felt like everyone knew that Horford was going to sign with the Warriors this offseason, no matter how long it took. With Horford now with the team, he shared why he made the decision to leave the Celtics and sign with the Warriors.
“It’s a great opportunity to compete and to win at a high level,” Horford said via Tim Bontemps of ESPN. “When I think about the Warriors, I think about Steph and Draymond and Steve Kerr and seeing Jimmy Butler here. What he did in that second half of the season last year after the trade and how they’re playing. It wasn’t an easy decision for me to leave Boston, but if there was the place, that was this one, and it happened and I happened to give this opportunity, so I jumped at it.”
Horford may not get those same open opportunities like he did in Boston, but he's with an organization that knows how to win, and he can fit in anywhere. He'll most likely slot in as the starting center playing alongside Draymond Green, and that could work well on both ends of the floor.
