{"id":146589,"date":"2025-09-15T21:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/146589\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:51:07","slug":"new-detail-of-al-horfords-move-is-confirmed-if-latest-rumor-is-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/146589\/","title":{"rendered":"New detail of Al Horford’s move is confirmed if latest rumor is true"},"content":{"rendered":"

All signs indicate that longtime Boston Celtics center Al Horford<\/a> has played his final game for the franchise. His two-year contract extension with Boston expired on July 1, and the 39-year-old officially became a free agent. Since then, Horford has yet to sign elsewhere, but league insiders have connected him to the Golden State Warriors all summer long.<\/p>\n

Yet, there\u2019s been no movement out in The Bay. Golden State\u2019s contract negotiations with restricted free-agent Jonathan Kuminga have stalled, leaving all remaining dominoes, including Horford, standing upright.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater shared an update<\/a> on Kuminga\u2019s stalemate with the Warriors on Monday, saying, \u201cboth [sides] are waiting for the other to blink.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the report, the duo revealed that Golden State plans to offer Horford their taxpayer mid-level exception, worth just under $5.7 million, once they get Kuminga\u2019s dispute settled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve lined up all their other roster targets to pursue after the Kuminga domino falls\u2026The Warriors have planned to at least use their taxpayer midlevel \u2014 Al Horford is the target.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warriors are in a better position to compete than Celtics are<\/p>\n

While many knew Horford\u2019s deal with the Celtics would expire in July, not many feared that he\u2019d leave for greener pastures. He seemed happy to be in Boston playing for the Celtics.<\/p>\n

Of course, things can change quickly. Jayson Tatum\u2019s Achilles tear shifted the outlook for Boston\u2019s 2025-26 season, and probably made Horford rethink his next contract.<\/p>\n

At 39 years old, it makes sense that Horford wouldn\u2019t want to spend what could be his final NBA season playing on a team without legitimate title hopes. By joining Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler in San Francisco, the big man is primed for a run at a second NBA Championship.<\/p>\n

Golden State was one of the league\u2019s best teams after acquiring Butler at the trade deadline last February. They logged a record of 23-8 to finish the season, before falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the playoffs. Even then, it was a series where they were without Curry, who was sidelined with a hamstring strain.<\/p>\n

If the reports of Horford\u2019s intentions are true, then the Warriors should be among the top teams in a loaded Western Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It may sting for Celtics fans to see him suit up for the Dubs, the team that prevented Boston from winning the 2022 NBA title, and alongside Butler, who went to battle with the Cs countless times in the playoffs. But, the Warriors could be a fun team for them to root for with Horford, especially considering the strange position Boston is in this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All signs indicate that longtime Boston Celtics center Al Horford has played his final game for the franchise.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-146589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}