Al Horford Shares A LeBron Playoff Story That Left Him Shook 😱
Al Horford Shares A LeBron Playoff Story That Left Him Shook 😱
Our guest this week is NBA veteran for The Boston Celtics, Al Horford. We get into so much with Al and we can’t wait to share this episode with you. In this teaser, Al talks about the difficulty of beating LeBron James in the playoffs and he describes his personal experience with it against The Cleveland Cavaliers.
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You guys are going to love this one. Al has had a fascinating career and we cover all of it. Full ep drops tomorrow so subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks, everyone!
Excited to hear this Al on a podcast like this. He isn’t too open with anything beyond traditional media interviews. I was frustrated when he left the Celtics and went to Philly/OKC. Having him back has been an impact not only on the team but also the community and Boston as a whole. The OG expertise, the calm demeanor and his competitive spirit is perfect for the Celtics team.
@Cho Yen 😊😊😊😊😊😊
James is a Cheat he does EPO all the greats cheat some how lol
Al is a hall of famer
Same thing happened in the 2020 finals. Butler’s legs were straight up gone by game 5 and 6. LeBron showed no signs of slowing down at all. Absolute freak.
LeBron is 100% a lab-altered freak. No joking. I mean he may have been built in a lab. Foreal. These top top athletes are hella sus.
I think that’s cuz the responsibility was simply different. Some games the Heat roster was checked out and Jimmy simply never was. Whereas several Lakers players were still checked in especially their 2 stars Bron and AD.
Butler had no help tho bro
For every sports broadcaster saying “No one fears Lebron”, there’s a story like Al Horford’s.
If lebron was feared, his own teammate wouldn’t have smashed his mom
He said it was disturbing lol dude is just different don’t care about who says who is the goat no questions about Bron being on another level
If you’re a person with any sense in your brain, you didn’t take a single word out of chalmers mouth seriously.
2018 LeBron was one of the best I’ve ever seen…. an absolute beast
2018 was the best for sure
Why does JJ think so little of working class folks
@ImReallyHim Oh there’s no way they were going to win. But Bron could’ve took them to 6.
😂😂😂😂
No he was the best player ever that year. And by a wide maegin. Full stop.
Big Al is the man. … Very much grateful that the Celtics went & got him back on the squad.
Such a great player & leader. … Wish him all the best for the rest of his basketball career, & throughout his life
​@Civil War was an inside job i know ben simmons is sht but it is more of an embiid fit than a ben simmons fit. Their defense just doesnt mesh, al is too slow to be a 4
​@m_w501 in fairness he thought he’d be playing those years competing for a title with Embiid. He couldn’t predict Ben Simmons.
Horford is a huge part of Bostons success. Honestly it was like a totally different team when he was gone
@Quis he got payed tho🤑you can’t blame him for leaving.
He should’ve never left. 2 years wasted in OKC.
As a viewer, if I had to pinpoint one year, I thought 2018 Lebron was peak Lebron individually. Not peak athletically, as I think the period horf references would be his athletic peak, but peak as a basketball player. That 2018 year with the team he had to drag them to the finals + that game 1 against the warriors. That was the best Lebron I had ever seen.
@conch . definitely one of the best teams ever, only reason they lost that finals is they went against an even better team all time
@conch . I find it funny how Kyrie mattered in 2015 for cavs and not for 2018 Boston 😢
Must complete player of all time
@conch . 1. You know your argument is awful when you’re naming players that got traded mid season and weren’t on the roster for the playoffs 💀. Worst part is, I know you know these guys got traded but you list them anyways because you hate Lebron THAT much.
2. Those names are big names but all were in their mid-30s. Kevin Love had an awful playoffs as well. The fact is if you actually watched the games, most of them underperformed and there was little chemistry due to the mid season trades (again, DWade and DRose had no knees by this point so the trades made sense). They showed their potential in the Raptors series, but still just a bad team.
2012 and 2013 is Peak Lebron. He bulked up, became a tank and still had 90% of the vertical and speed he had in his first Cleveland stint. Plus that version of Lebron played within a system and fits on any team.
Over these 2 years, he was:
– The best all around offensive player/most efficient high volume scorer in the NBA (27 PPG 7 APG on 64.5% TS)
– Great mid range shooter
– 80% finisher at the rim
– Best transition player ever
– 42.7% on Catch and Shoot 3s (38.5% from 3 overall)
– Guarding 1-5 at a high level
– Best help defender in the NBA
A podcast with Giannis would be funny af😂
@RealParadox85 You’re calling the best player in the world corny? In the words of Kyle Anderson- You Soft.
We need that
@RealParadox85 stop hating kid
​@RealParadox85 nah i enjoy him a lot more than guys acting tough
no it wouldn’t, he is corny af.
2018 was just the most complete version of Lebron. His outside shots, mid range and 3 was just on point. Driving to the basket. Passing, rebounds… I mean everything a team needs, he gave it. Just so sad that GSW was just so weak that they had to get Durant to win against him.
@King Kev everything up until that last ship with the cavs was on point.
@shepardice bruh his miami run was his best!
KD has yet to win a ring imo…GSW …that was too easy
@John Brown the Prophet Not to mention, fouls on Wardell were sus game 6 😅
It’s like Cavs were gifted 2016 title in exchange for giving them Durant
most complete offensively. Bron was most complete as a player in Miami when he should have had an MVP and DPOY
his second tour in Cleveland was otherworldy. just absolutely fascinating how good he was
It’s called drugs brother, steroids can make you become a monster athlete
His 2018 version deserved a better roaster. Had he had a great team like Houston was that year with lebron , he would have had 5 rings by now.
Brons play during that 2nd run in Cleveland in the finals where he was avg like 30+ 15 and 12 for the finals like 3 yrs in a row was crazy af
@Joe Chucks Even for the most fierce Lebron hater (I used to be in this camp and gloried in his downfall of that 2011 Finals) this is the most realistic take.
@Sportstalkonly yep without KD ruining the rivalry and Wade knees not messing up Lebron would have about 7 rings now. Only series he was trash in was 2011
And people still be like “6 finals losses.” Like yea he got 6 finals losses but most of those losses he played good enough to win
And people still disrespect his game
KD ruined what would’ve been a great rivalry between Steph and Bron.