Kyrie might’ve left for Brooklyn, but we got a pretty good replacement for him, we got Kemba Walker! This was a big move for the Celtics as they needed to make a move to replace Kyrie. Kemba Walker is not as good as Kyrie, but he has talent that is similar to him, and oh he’s not a little diva like Kyrie, he actually gets a long with his teammates and hoops.

Kemba Walker has signed a 4 year/$141 million dollar contract with the Celtics, after playing in Charlotte for the past 8 seasons. He came out an outstanding season averaging 25.6 PPG, an All-Star starter, and a member of the All-NBA Third Team. Kemba and the Hornets both agreed to part ways as things just weren’t really working out in Charlotte anymore. In just his 8 seasons with the Hornets, he has only made the playoffs twice. Not very good, but that was because Kemba didn’t really have much talent around him. Now Kemba has some good talent surrounding him that can put his game to a new level. He now has guys like Jayson Tatum, Gordon Hayward, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and others to compete in the Eastern Conference.

The thing I like about Kemba is that he is a guy who can get hot and can score the ball very well, he is a little bit more of a team player that what Kyrie was in Boston, and he is a guy who plays with heart and a guy who can be loyal. Kemba is not as tall as Kyrie, but Kemba Walker is very quick and can get by his defender. Kemba will fit in well with Brad Stevens system, and I personally think that Gordon Hayward and Kemba Walker can blend well together.

With this move, the Celtics did a sign-and-trade with the Celtics sending Terry Rozier to Charlotte for Kemba Walker. Another player who I wasn’t surprised was going to leave the Celtics after his issues with Kyrie Irving and the organization with his playing time. I think Terry Rozier will be happier in Charlotte as he will finally get the shot to start on an NBA franchise. After the Celtics made this move, rumors had it that Boston was looking to bring back Al Horford, but that just changed as I just found out something terrible…….

AL HORFORD SIGNS WITH THE SIXERS!?!?!?!?!?!?!? WHAT!?!?!?

Woj announced on Twitter that Al Horford has signed a 4/$109 million dollar deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. You are telling me that Horford opted out his contract with the Celtics, just to sign with the Sixers!?!? Are you kidding me!?! This kind of makes me a little bit mad, Al Horford could’ve probably signed anywhere else and I wouldn’t have been mad at all, but he ended up signing with the rivals, The Philadelphia Sixers. This is a great pick up for the Sixers, but Horford is really worth that much money to them? I think that is insane to give him that much money. Think about it, Horford is not the same guy like he was a few years ago back in Atlanta, and Horford put up good numbers for the Celtics, but they weren’t numbers that were worth that much money. Horford is slowly starting to not be the player like he use to be, and when he finishes up his contract in 4 years, he will be 37 years old, do you think that he will be putting good numbers when that time comes? I think he was way too overpaid by the Sixers, but the Sixers I guess needed someone because they ended up losing Jimmy Butler and JJ Redick today.

I really thought that when Horford opted out his contract that he would sign back for less money, but that was definitely not the case. He likes to be paid the big bucks and saw an opportunity where he can still play for a good team and get paid lots of big bucks. This was a little bit of a dirty move by him and this almost reminds me of the time when Ray Allen left Boston. Ray Allen left Boston after spending a good amount of time with the Celtics for a few years, to sign with the Miami Heat to play for an NBA Ring. Ray Allen was the original snake before Kevin Durant’s decision to go to Golden State. Ray Allen left Boston to sign with the rivals the Miami Heat, to play with Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh. That move was definitely a salty move by him, but Horford’s move compared to Ray Allen’s move was not as bad, but I still feel a little salty by it. Ok I better stop before I turn into Stephen. A. Smith.

Anyway this day wasn’t a total disaster, we got rid of that diva Kyrie Irving, and got a great replacement in Kemba Walker. He will be a great fit for the Celtics as they look to make another run in the East. As for A l Horford, I’m still salty about the decision he made, but I’ll always still have a little love for him as he was one of my favorite Boston Celtics players, its going to be hard to replace him, but I still am confident that the Celtics will still be solid.

There is lots of free agents left out there for the Celtics to pick up, still waiting to see what Kawhi will do next season, but it should be interesting. Im just hoping the Celtics get a good big man to replace Horford and Baynes.

Go Celtics!

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