Al Horford’s return to the Boston Celtics wasn’t necessarily expected, but his landing spot took some NBA fans by surprise.
It appeared Boston could be working toward re-signing Horford on Sunday after the Celtics reportedly were involved in a three-team sign-and-trade deal to bring Kemba Walker to Boston and send Kyrie Irving and Terry Rozier packing, potentially leaving space for Horford’s return. But that all changed just three hours after NBA free agency began, with Horford reportedly agreeing to a four-year, $109 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Plenty of Twitter users were surprised by the news.
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) July 1, 2019
— 🐬 (@DawsyDolphin) July 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/tahmous/status/1145500209667092480
https://twitter.com/KlNGCRlM/status/1145499508530241536
https://twitter.com/NBATheJumpFP/status/1145499691150450689
Some were happy:
https://twitter.com/Simmons4Threee/status/1145500564010278913
— alex medina (@mrmedina) July 1, 2019
Others weren’t so thrilled:
No god why
— E Dubs (@dubszilla) July 1, 2019
— Lance 'Doc' Pearson 🅙 (@DocLanceP) July 1, 2019
— can we skip to the good part? (2-3 💙) (1-3 ❤️) (@bluejaysplzwin) July 1, 2019
— joshodell (@joshodell) July 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/JamMcCarthy/status/1145500523703001088
We think Horford to the Sixers surprised just about everyone in the NBA world.
