今年夏天，阿尔-霍福德与76人队签下了一份4年1.09亿美元的合同，结束了他在波士顿凯尔特人队的3年。
凯尔特人队上赛季的表现不佳，功能失调。作为波士顿的领头羊之一，霍福德知道如果凯尔特人想要夺回冠军，就必须做出重大的改变。
当凯尔·欧文和特里·罗齐尔离开后，波士顿发生了变化，阿尔·霍福德只是觉得和76人队一起踢球给了他赢得冠军的最好机会。这也有助于费城愿意支付他正在寻找的合同。
霍福德告诉《波士顿先驱报》：“当我们一开始团队试图提出一些事情，但我们在某些数字上无法达成一致时，我就决定，你知道吗，我将不得不开设我的免费代理机构。”“我相信我不仅值一笔钱，而且我希望我现在有一个非常好的机会赢得比赛。你知道，我的窗户现在在。我就是这么想的。
“我必须考虑什么对我有意义，以及我想完成的一些事情。我在那里度过了三个非常好的年头，但我们没有达到举起这面旗帜的目标。我必须做出一个正面的决定，这对我来说是一个竞争冠军的机会，同时也是一个经济上最大化的机会。
霍福德上赛季在波士顿的平均得分为13.6分、6.7个篮板和4.2次助攻，场均命中率为53.5%，弧外命中率为36.0%，罚球命中率为82.1%。
原标题：
Al Horford opens on why he left Celtics and signed with Sixers
原文：
Al Horford signed a four-year, $109 million contract with the Sixers this summer, ending his three-year run with the Boston Celtics.
The Celtics underachieved as a team last season and were dysfunctional. Horford, one of the leaders in Boston, knew that big changes needed to be made if the Celtics wanted to run it back and compete for a championship.
While changes were made in Boston with the departures of Kyrie Irving and Terry Rozier, Al Horford just felt like playing with the Sixers gave him the best opportunity to win a championship. It also helped that Philly was willing to pay him a contract he was looking for.
“When we started with the team trying to come up with things and we couldnât agree on certain numbers, thatâs when I decided, you know what, Iâm going to have to open my free agency,” Horford told the Boston Herald. “I believe not only that I am worth a certain amount of money, but also I want to be in a position that I have a really good opportunity to win now. You know, my window is now. Thatâs how I feel.
“I had to think about what made sense for me and some of the things that I wanted to accomplish. They were three really good years for me there, but we just fell short of that goal of raising that banner. I had to make a head-on decision, and it came down to the opportunity for me to compete for a championship, but also to maximize financially.â
Horford averaged 13.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists last season with Boston while shooting 53.5 percent from the field, 36.0 percent from beyond the arc and 82.1 percent from the free-throw line.
