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'Grateful' Horford continues career with Warriors
Key takeaways
- Al Horford plans to return to the Golden State Warriors next season, he told ESPN on Thursday.
- Horford, 40, is declining his $6 million player option, with sources telling ESPN that he intends to sign a two-year, $14 million contract to return to the Warriors once free agency begins next month.
- "I knew a few off the top of my head, but I hadn't seen the list," Horford told ESPN.
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Al Horford plans to return to the Golden State Warriors next season, he told ESPN on Thursday.
Horford, 40, is declining his $6 million player option, with sources telling ESPN that he intends to sign a two-year, $14 million contract to return to the Warriors once free agency begins next month. Horford's new deal will be fully guaranteed and includes a trade kicker, sources said.
He will become the 13th player in NBA history to reach a 20th season, joining Le Bron James, Vince Carter, Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis, Robert Parish, Kyle Lowry, Udonis Haslem, Jamal Crawford, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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