Al Horford tweets he's leaving The Hawks
ATLANTA - Al Horford is leaving the Atlanta Hawks. The forward announced on Twitter he is joining the Boston Celtics.
Multiple reports say the it will be a four-year deal for $113-million.
Horford spent the last nine seasons playing for the Hawks. He made the All-Star team four times. Atlanta drafted him in the first round of the 2007 Draft out of the University of Florida.
The Hawks have been busy in free agency, re-signing free agent forward Kent Bazemore and signing Atlanta-native Dwight Howard.