Free agent center Al Horford has verbally committed to sign a multi-year contract with the Golden State Warriors, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Sunday.
Horford verbally committed to the Warriors on Sunday, sources said. The sides are working through the final financial terms, with a signing in the coming days after the final decision from restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga, a source said.
Horford, 39, is set to enter his 19th NBA season, and Charania has already penciled him in as Golden State’s
“new starting center.” The veteran averaged 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists, while shooting 36% from beyond the arc on 5.2 attempts per game last season for the Boston Celtics. He appeared in 60 regular-season games, starting in 42 of them.
Horford spent seven of his last nine seasons with the Celtics, playing an integral part in their championship run in the 2023-24 season.
The Warriors finished last season as the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference with a 48-34 record. After upsetting the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets in the first round, Golden State fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round in five games.
