Dishing out uncensored Twitter commentary like candy, Al Horford's sister Anna was loved by Celtics fans. That's why it was so hard when Al joined the Philadelphia 76ers. But, Anna says, 'I have enough love in my heart for both. I don't want to choose.'
The story of Anna Horford and the Boston Celtics community is a love story. And this love story involves heartbreak. So, let’s get that out of the way right at the start.
For Anna and her siblings, basketball was always lurking on the periphery. Their dad, Tito Horford, played professionally in the late '80s and early '90s. He was the first ever Dominican-born NBA player. But, if her dad’s career influence wasn’t enough, his genetic influence was. Anna’s 6 feet tall, the shortest of all her siblings.
"It was difficult, because we’d do so well," Anna says."I mean, Al never missed the playoffs, ever, playing there. And we would do so well. We had gone to the Eastern Conference Finals, and it was like there were still empty seats."Anna did everything in her power to fill the void. She enthusiastically supporting Al on the court, and fiercely defending him off it. Like in the spring of 2016. Some Cleveland Cavaliers fans were insulting Al on Twitter and tagged Anna.
Anna thinks Al ignores her outspokenness."And he knows how I am, naturally. Like, this is who I am as a person," Anna says."And I think that he respects that." "Al Horford, your $30 million man, however much you pay him a year, sat out tonight because he had the birth of his kid...what was it, yesterday? ... Yesterday! He had the birth of his kid in Atlanta. The game was in Miami. I know when you make $30 million a year, it ain’t much to get a private jet. Wyc would have probably picked it up. I would have gone to the game. I would have played the game. And I like my guys to sort of forsake everything for the team.
People loved Anna’s Twitter takedown. It went viral on Celtics Twitter. And when she woke up the next morning and saw all the attention, she tweeted again:"Apparently a lot of you guys dislike Mike Felger. Look at us all bonding over unlikable people." Her comments made the rounds on all the Celtics blogs. Soon there were write ups about it in Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report.
"It was just weird," Anna says."It was just ... it was bizarre. It was, just ... I don't know. I don't even know how to explain it. It just didn't feel right."
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