Al Horford

If the Atlanta Hawks decide to hold a fire sale leading into the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline, Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge will be first in line for free-agent-to-be Al Horford. Which is perfect. Tinkering with the Celtics would be a dangerous game at this point. They have the East’s third-best record and rank [...]

Get ready for a crazy NBA summer, folks. You already know commissioner Adam Silver is. The NBA’s salary cap is preparing to hit $89 million over the offseason, and it’s slated to jump above $105 million in 2017. Though player salaries will rise right along with the cap, this infusion of money has created at [...]

From winning an Eastern Conference best 60 games last season, to considering a miniature teardown this season, the Atlanta Hawks have come a long way. The wrong way. According to ESPN.com’s Kevin Arnovitz and Brian Windhorst, the Hawks are weighing whether they should sell off three of last year’s four All-Stars: The Atlanta Hawks are [...]

Al Horford likes what the Atlanta Hawks are doing. Does he like it enough to stick around this summer, when he enters free agency? We’ll just have to wait and see. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports: “The city itself is a great city,” Horford told Yahoo Sports. “People are great. This Hawks’ organization [...]

Al Horford, the three time All-Star power forward out of the Dominican Republic, might be looking to move out of Atlanta. He’s set to make $12 million in the final year of his contract, before heading to unrestricted free agency. The nine-year veteran has been a rock since the 2010-11 season, and this year he [...]

Al Horford is switching agents. Again. According to basketball reporter David Pick, the Atlanta Hawks superstar has decided to part ways with his latest agent, Bill Duffy: Hawks All-Star Al Horford, I've been told, has fired BDA and agent Bill Duffy. — David Pick (@IAmDPick) December 18, 2015 This is kinda-sorta weird. Horford only hired [...]

Al Horford knows how to play the numbers. The Atlanta Hawks big man, who remains one of the NBA’s most versatile yet underrated players, will reach unrestricted free agency in 2016, at which point he could sign elsewhere. And while he can put all speculation to bed by signing a contract extension with the Hawks [...]

It was yet another thrilling finish in Wednesday night’s game five between the Wizards and the Hawks. For the Wizards, their star point guard John Wall was finally reinserted back into their starting lineup after missing the last three games due to a hand injury. However, even with Wall’s return, the Wizards fell a point [...]

As the 2014-2015 NBA season gets underway, everyone already wants to know how it will end. Will the San Antonio Spurs repeat? Will Cleveland finally win one? When will big market franchises in the basement (Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, and the Philadelphia 76ers) return to contention? Back on top, the Spurs [...]

Good to see that landing the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft hasn’t gone to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ heads. What’s that? It has, you say? According to ESPN.com’s Chad Ford (subscription required)—with special thanks to the folks over at RealGM—the Cavs are looking to use their top selection as trade bait, and [...]