Al Horford signs a 5 year 60 million dollar extension

[Joker]

#Hawks and @Al_Horford agree to terms on 5 year $60 mil contract extension. Incentives still to be negotiated

— Chris Vivlamore (@CVivlamoreAJC)

November 1, 2010

[BudBall]

Edited November 1, 2010 by ISOJoe

[spotatl]

Glad it got done- I thought the Hawks would try and play hardball like they did with Smith and Childress.

[capstone21]

Glad it is done and a good deal. We didn't overpay for him, he is worth 12 million a year

[spotatl]

Will be interesting to see if there are any player options or what kind of incentives there are.

[exodus]

Wow. I have to say i am stunned by this. Looks like Horford decided a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

I'm shocked that the ASG actually got the deal done. 5/60 should be very workable for this ownership group.

[Johnnybravo4]

Yeah he could have easily been paid 100 mil by a team looking to overpay for potential.

[WraithSentinel]

That is great news. Great job ASG. :thumbsupsmileyanim:

[Dnice]

Is it gonna snow today? lol

[lethalweapon3]

Very good deal for a very good player!

GO HAWKS!

~lw3

[T21]

Great deal!!!

Just read it on AJC... Obviously Al wanted to remain in ATL... Al's a great kid, winner, leader, hard-worker and most importantly has his head straight...

:thumbsupsmileyanim:

P.S. Props to Rick Sund!

[AHF]

This is great news.

Just to be nitpicky, though, nothing has been signed and the incentive part of the contract is still being negotiated.

[spotatl]

Yeah he could have easily been paid 100 mil by a team looking to overpay for potential.

I think that 5 years and 85 million would have been the max under the current system.

[WraithSentinel]

I went over to realgm to see what was going on. Nobody posts on the Hawks board anymore. There are more response to Horford signing on the Raptors board.

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1063055

Knicks fans responding as only Knicks fans know how to.

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1063064

[JTB]

glad thats taken care of!!!!!!! good job ASG!!! now we got to take care of jamal.....

[Sothron]

Time to trade Crawford for an upgrade at point or SF and we're good to go.

[frankthetank966]

Nice!

[frosgrim]

Time to trade Crawford for an upgrade at point or SF and we're good to go.

Agreed! Good job Hawks and Horford's representation to get this done by the deadline.

[evilinkblot]

ESPN link

Definitely a reason for some optimism here...........love everything about this