Al Horford Gets Extension

[$tunna]

http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2010/11/01/atlanta-hawks-hawks-horford-agree-to-5-year-60-million-contract-extension/?cxntfid=blogs_hawks

The Hawks and Al Horford have agreed to a 5-year, $60 million contract extension.

Atlanta’s All-Star center and his agent, Arn Tellem, met with the team this afternoon finalize the deal, which also is expected to include performance incentives. The sides had until the end of business today to reach an agreement or Horford would have become a restricted free agent next summer.

“It happened like I’ve been predicting–down to the wire,” Horford said today after practice. “When we finally kind of agreed on everything, I was super excited.

It's basically like Joakim's but I'm glad we got this done

 

[RipCity32]

Neither deserved that gigantic deal, but I guess it was needed to keep em around.

 

[$tunna]

Neither deserved that gigantic deal, but I guess it was needed to keep em around.

What do you mean? Al's a beast

 

[DJT]

Yeah, Al has done real good for Atlanta. Another good lock up.

 

[RipCity32]

Guess it depends if you view him as a franchise center or power forward.
As a center I guess it's a fair deal, as a PF that's real expensive lol.

But IDK, I don't watch much of the Hawks.

 

[buzzy]

Good deal for the Hawks, considering he's twice as valuable as JJ for half the price.