He has been labeled as a "winner in life" and "the best teammate", a veteran who has worked hard in the NBA for 17 seasons, but whenever people inadvertently mention him, they think more of his beautiful wife! He was Al Horford
Al Horford's third pick in the 2007 NBA Draft was the Hawks, and since Yi Jianlian's retirement last year, he has also become the only 4 remaining players in the 07 class, of course, Durant cannot be excluded, after all, in the 07-08 season, without Durant's brilliant performance, the best rookie is his!
A veteran who has been in the NBA for 17 years, he has not been troubled by major injuries in his career, and his personal ability is outstanding, even at the age of 38, he is still firmly in the starting position of the Celtics this season, but so far his career has not been evaluated to match his strength! On the contrary, his wife and sister have become the two major factors for fans to think of him!
From the beginning of his career, Horford showed his ability to excel, and in an era when hand-to-hand combat was still dominated by insiders, he made self-sacrifice for the team, voluntarily gaining weight from the No. 4 position to the No. 1 position, and his hand-to-hand combat with Garnett became a classic of his life. And that year, the Hawks and the Celtics fought 7 rounds in the first round, and almost pulled the Big Three into the water, although it was just a little bit, but it was a thousand miles away, and the result was completely different, and the Celtics won the championship that season!
Horford spent most of his career with the Atlanta Hawks, where he became the cornerstone of the team, and also assisted the Hawks Josh Smith, after the departure of the Hawks, the Hawks regrouped again, after the addition of Millsap, Schroder, Jeff Teague and others, and played a highlight performance in the 2015-2016 season, with a 60-22 record in the regular season, but they met James in the playoffs when the Cavaliers returned on the day of the Broken Sword. The Hawks were swept out 4-0 by the Cavaliers, who led the Cavaliers to a 3-1 1-3 victory over the 73-winning Warriors to win the first championship in franchise history
In the 2016-2017 season, Horford reached an agreement with the Celtics to join the Celtics, and the Celtics selected Jaylen Brown that season, and they formed the initial double tanhua lineup, in 2017, Tatum joined the Celtics as a tanhua, and the initial team was officially completed, although he was already a 10-year veteran in the NBA at that time, Horford was willing to be a green leaf and dedicated himself to assisting the growth of the Green Army's two young people, but because the new Tanhua was still young and immature, it led to successive defeats. Horford chose to jump out of the contract and find another way!
From 2019 to 2020, Horford joined the Philadelphia 76ers on a four-year, $109 million contract, but after only one season in Philadelphia, he was traded to Durant's growth ground, and after assisting Alexander for nearly a season, Horford missed the remaining 28 games of the 2021 regular season, and the Thunder's career came to an end!
In the 2021-2022 season, Horford, who has been in the NBA for 15 seasons, returned to the side of the double tanhua again, after several seasons of baptism, the double tanhua has become more mature, and they reached the finals for the first time that season, but faced the crazy Curry, and finally lost to the Warriors with a 2-0 lead, which is the third time that Horford has seen a direct opponent win the championship. Returning to the Celtics to help the team reach the Eastern Conference Finals three times twice in the Finals, before the start of this season's NBA Finals G4, Horford's career has reached 186 playoff games, he has become the uncrowned champion who has played the most playoff games, before the game he found Shuangtanhua to say that his time is running out, I hope they can help him realize his dream, that moment is sad, as a 38-year-old veteran who has played for 17 seasons He knows that if he loses again, then he is destined to be the uncrowned king for life!
Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles. The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. Horford used his own changes again and again to finally help the Celtics win his first career championship this season, he was the only player in the Hawks team to win a championship, and the others have long since faded out of the NBA!
He is the best teammate in the NBA, the reason why he can be recognized, he is willing to sacrifice his personal achievements, teammates to achieve the team, from playing the No. 4 position that gave up the space style of play to choose to increase weight to play center, as the cornerstone of the team, see the rising star Josh Smith take the initiative to abdicate to correct Josh Smith, the first time he joined the Celtics, he is willing to be a green leaf, dutifully assist the double tanhua, and this season he has scored key three points again and again to help the team stabilize the situation, although there is still oil in the mailbox in the twilight years, as long as the team needs him!
Now he is definitely a winner in life, not only has a beautiful wife and family harmony, at the end of his career won the coveted NBA championship, his career has not had many regrets, even if his career has not been evaluated to match his ability, when inadvertently mentioning him, he will immediately think of his beautiful wife, but it is no longer important, as a 38-year-old veteran, the only two players who won the championship in 07, and now he has stood at the top of the basketball world, no matter what the outside world says, None of them can hide the greatness of his career!
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