Al Horford
Al Horford
Alfred Joel "Al" Horford Reynosois a Dominican professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was the starting center on the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, a team he played nine seasons with before joining the Celtics in 2016. He also...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth3 June 1986
CityPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic
I think at the beginning of the season, he was playing too much to the crowd, especially on the road. We talked to him about controlling his emotions and told him to show his emotions to us, instead of the fans.
We're going to get together and talk about things, but I really like being here and I enjoy playing under coach (Billy) Donovan. As far as I'm concerned, I would definitely like to be back here next year.
We're playing with a lot of confidence right now.
There was not much we could do (last season) because it wasn't our team. It was frustrating at times because we wanted to push the ball. (Anthony) Roberson and Matt Walsh just wanted to walk ... it ... up. I loved playing with those guys but it was frustrating at times.
We're playing our best basketball all year and we're a really tough team. You can't stop us.
I mean, it was like that. We're used to playing against bigger players and stronger players. But we had to come in and just get the job done.
We don't get bored, though. We just love playing ball. And every time I play ball I try to win.
You always dreamed about getting to this point. It is big in my mind. I'm pretty excited about it.
We really understand that in order to win, we have to play together and play team ball. I think everybody's OK with that.
Maybe people thought of us as a running team. Or a three-point shooting team. A no-contact team. We've changed that image.
Joe was all over the place. He was terrific.
Who runs the apartment? They'd probably say I do. I'll say Jo does too, but it's my show.
That's the style we play and he's going to have to adjust to that. They're going to have to adjust. The bottom line is we are going to run all night. If he is not in good enough shape, I feel bad for him.
We always talked about how we were going to do big things.