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Al Horford was the biggest free agent ever to sign with the Boston Celtics in 2016 .
Horford had played 167 playoff games before winning his first championship.
He lost his first 14 playoff games against LeBron James , who ended Horford 's season on five occasions.
No one plays 1,000 regular-season games and 100 playoff games not to win a championship.
Al Horford had been to the Eastern Conference finals in six of the previous nine seasons.
His first 14 forays into the playoffs ended in defeat, as they do for most players, until your body is no longer game for the grind.
Horford was ranked 36th in his high school class, ranked among a number of players who never panned out.
Al Horford was traded to Oklahoma City in the summer of 2020-21 for a first -round draft pick.
Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens reacquired Horford in summer of 2021 .
Horford had made the playoffs every year of his 16-year career except in 2014 , 2014 , and 2021 , when he played just 28 games for the Thunder.
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