About Al Horford
Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso (born June 3, 1986), nicknamed "Big Al", is a Dominican professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time NBA All-Star and an NBA champion. Horford played college basketball for the Florida Gators and was the starting center on their back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship teams in 2006 and 2007. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, with whom he played nine seasons before signing with the Celtics as a free agent in the 2016 offseason. After three seasons in Boston, Horford played for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Oklahoma City Thunder before being traded back to the Celtics prior to the 2021 season. He reached the NBA Finals with the Celtics in 2022 and 2024, winning his first NBA title in 2024. Horford holds seven school records, including most career points (1,239). Horford recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds in limited action as the Gators defeated the Buckeyes. On April 2, 2007, the Gators repeated as national champions, becoming the first team to do so since the 1991–92 Duke Blue Devils, and the first ever to do so with the same starting lineup (Horford, Noah, Brewer, Green, and Lee Humphrey).
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