Horford’s Continuing Comedy in Boston…
Hold onto your jerseys, folks! Al Horford, the basketball bigwig with a ball-hawking streak as old as sliced bread, is telling Father Time to hit the road! The Boston bouncer, who’ll be a sprightly 39 come June, has no plans to hang up those size 18 boots yet. Like a seasoned superhero who’s seen it all, Horford signed a two-year, $19.5 million pact back in 2022 to ride the Boston waves till the summer. Now, he’s waving his ‘I’m here to stay’ flag like it holds the key to his secret lair!
Even with Celtics’ wallets about as stuffed as a turkey on Thanksgiving, thanks to a potential $464 million spend-a-thon (cue Bobby Marks’ financial wizardry), Horford is eyeing another round in the Beantown Circus. And why not? The Boston rollercoaster never slows down, especially with owner Bill Chisholm juggling flaming basketballs in his first year’s carnival ride. A roster shake-up is brewing with Horford the easiest escape wizard, but our man is eyeing that green and white jersey like it’s a one-way ticket to basketball immortality!
The story of Al is as twisty as a pretzel—leaving Boston for the Philly Cheese Steak Corner in 2019, only to have a holiday in Oklahoma’s Wild West and boomerang back to Boston’s bustling ballpark in 2021. Despite his shooting stats taking a nosedive faster than a flopping fish at 42.3% from the field, Horford’s still the wise ol’ owl on the court. If it’s up to him, he’ll tumble, dribble, and dunk into another Bostonian saga, leaving fans cheering like they’ve witnessed a basketball magician at the height of his hop!
