"Horford has been one of the league's most consistently excellent stretch bigs since entering the league in 2007. The prolific jump shooter has shot 37.8% from the 3-point line on a healthy 3.9 attempts per game. Horford averaged 9.0 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game for the Celtics in 2024-25 while also showing that he still had the mobility to guard multiple positions in 27.7 minutes a night."
"He will be the oldest of a veteran-heavy rotation of former All-Stars as he joins Steph Curry (37), Draymond Green (35) and Jimmy Butler (35) on the win-now Warriors. Horford is 6-foot-9, 240 pounds and fits the mold of a center that the team has needed for years. General manager Mike Dunleavy and coach Steve Kerr both mentioned the need to find a center this offseason in order to move Green back to the power forward spot."
"That need became more pronounced when longtime Warriors center Kevon Looney agreed to a two-year deal with the Pelicans on Monday, leaving Golden State with a roster hole. Horford joins a center rotation that includes second-year stretch big Quinten Post, who re-signed with the team before free agency began, and third-year reserve Trayce Jackson-Davis, who has shown flashes but was largely out of Steve Kerr's rotation for the second half of last season."
Al Horford signed a multi-year contract with the Golden State Warriors as the team's first free agent addition of the offseason. Horford is 39, 6-foot-9 and 240 pounds, and spent seven seasons with the Celtics. He has shot 37.8% from three on 3.9 attempts per game and averaged 9.0 points and 6.2 rebounds in 2024-25 while showing mobility to guard multiple positions. The signing addresses a center need made sharper by Kevon Looney's departure to the Pelicans. Horford joins a veteran rotation alongside Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler.
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