The ears of Boston Celtics fans must have perked up like a prairie dog when new Philadelphia 76ers big-man Al Horford sung the praises of brand new franchise point guard, Kemba Walker. In an interview with Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald, Horford brushed up on the disappointment that was last year’s Celtics and talked about how he believed his best chance to win moving forward was not with the same group that ended in ‘gentlemen’s sweep’ fashion to the Milwaukee Bucks in the conference semi-finals.
“There would have had to be some major changes as far as players, because it was just clear that the group that we had just wasn’t going to be able to coexist.