Earlier this week, Yahoo!’s Ben Rohrbach reported that it was unlikely that Al Horford would negotiate an extension before deciding on his player option for 2019-2020. He’s potentially due $30M in the final year of his contract, but for a majority of Celtics fans who see Big Al as an integral part--if not the integral part--to Boston’s success, they want him back for more.
Horford turned 32 last month and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Instead of picking up his PO, he could parlay it into some job security with a longer term contract and insure that he wraps up the prime of his career on a contender.