A year ago, the Boston Celtics had recently acquired Al Horford from the Oklahoma City Thunder. How Horford would fit in with Robert Williams, Boston’s ideal center of the future, was a major question mark. Horford at the 4 was a disaster a year earlier in Philadelphia, and age wasn’t on his side for making it seem viable.
How much difference a year makes. Not only did Horford find the fountain of youth to play at the 4, but the tandem worked in concert extremely well. Last season, the combination of Horford and Rob Williams played 15 minutes per game together.