We had no Chance before, I mean the contract is more than what he should be getting but its 3 more seasons after this one so I'm not worried, We have two top 3 pics in the next two years and a bunch of bargain contracts in our payroll so the Horford deal is not gonna cripple us for years. I rather this Al Horford Deal than what the Lakers are Giving Luol Deng ($72 Million) and Timothy Mozgov ($64 Million) That's $136 Million or Chandler Parsons $95 Million over 4 years. Only Players making over $9 Million on our payroll are Horford and Amir Johnson and Amir comes off the books next year only other team with fewer players making under $10 Million are the Sixers and they suck, We still have $40+ Million in cap space next season and we getting Markelle Fultz /Lonzo Ball or Josh Jackson in the Draft, not gonna put us over the top right away but they're good building blocks on a affordable rookie contract.
Boston Celtics 2017 Salary Cap
Rather Al Horford than this guy right here 2.9ppg and 2.6rb getting $17 Million the next 4 years.
Ian Mahinmi
If yall didnt commit money to horford you could have grabbed demarcus cousins this year and had similar cap space