Kyle Neubeck at Philly Voice parsed an Al Horford feature written by Jared Weiss at The Athletic.

Quoted in the piece are Horford’s family members, Anna Horford among them, who for years has butted heads with Sixers fans on social media while typing some of the dumbest shit you will ever read. She and Josh Horford radiate the same loser energy as Ben Simmons.

From the Weiss story:

“I tell people I think we fully manifested his return to Boston because we all wanted it so badly. We kind of put that out there,” Anna said. “Al has alluded to that, as well. He always was homesick for Boston when he was in Philly and when he was in Oklahoma. Somehow, the stars aligned, and we got back here, and it just worked out perfectly.”

The whole family, it seems, never moved on from Boston. They were fixtures at games, and Anna became a social media sensation while her brother was a foundational piece of the organization. She was heartbroken when he texted his siblings he was signing with the Sixers minutes before the news broke.

“We stayed Celtics fans when he was in Philly and when he was in OKC. We couldn’t let go,” Maria said. “They showed us so much love, and that wasn’t something we were ready to let go of, so we just never did. And we’re back!”

“Philly fans hated us there,” Anna added. “They hated us for it.”

“We continued to root for Boston, because they’re not dickheads,” said Josh.

Boston fans aren’t dickheads? Is that a serious statement? Boston fans are some of the worst in the country and definitely in the NBA top three. The biggest topic RIGHT THIS MOMENT is Golden State players being annoyed with the “fuck Draymond” chants and other stuff that was being yelled from the crowd the other night.

Also, Philly fans did not “hate” the Horford family. Some tangled with Josh and Anna on Twitter, because she was an attention-seeking social media nobody just riding her brother’s coattails. Al, meantime, was always a very respectful and pleasant dude to be around. Definitely a veteran class act during his time here. It just didn’t work out on the court. The Sixers played a massive lineup, couldn’t space the floor properly, and didn’t have enough in the back court or on the wing to really pull it together. Ben Simmons was injured before the team went to the bubble and was swept out of the first round.

Remember, everybody talked themselves into the Horford move at the time, even if the money was insane. The default behavior is to be totally in on a new Philly player before being totally out on him, so whatever Anna says there is revisionist history. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

There was a very obvious thought among Sixers fans that the team had a guy in Horford who could defend Giannis in the playoffs, shoot some threes, and bring leadership to the squad, but the latter was mostly absent. Instead, Al just sort of went through the motions that year and did not play very well, perhaps knowing it was never going to work out. The checks were going to cash regardless, and the entire time Anna was just stirring shit and arguing with fans on Twitter who in no way make up any sort of significant or representative portion of the Sixers’ fan base.

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