There are a group of young people who don’t sign, but the 39-year-old veteran is robbed. How strong is Horford?

This may be the most fantastic scene in the NBA free agent market this summer. There are dozens of young players who are in their age and do not sign, but the Lakers, Warriors and the Nuggets are snatching 39-year-old veteran Horford. Even if Master Huo has a high probability of retirement this summer, there will be no other alternative players. It is said that basketball is a food for youth, so why can Horford be snatched at this age?

data will not lie. Last season, Horford, 39, played 60 games in the regular season, including 42 starting games. Average 27.6 minutes of playing time, scoring 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.9 blocks. As an inside player, Horford averaged 5.2 three-pointers per game last season, with a shooting percentage of 36.3%. Compared to last season, it has declined, but looking at the entire league's interior, this three-point shooting percentage is enough to be a threat point.

As a veteran, Horford showed a combat power that was inconsistent with his age. Horford scored in double digits in 23 games throughout the season. The Celtics defeated the Grizzlies away. Horford scored 26 points and 8 rebounds against Grizzlies center Zach Eddie, and allowed the latter to score only 4 points and 2 rebounds. On the playoff stage, Horford also staged a good show of riding alone to save the Lord many times. Horford scored more than 10 points in three of the seven games against the Knicks, and his shooting percentage exceeded 50% in the last four games! Without Horford's magical performance, it would be difficult for the Celtics to fight the Knicks to a tiebreak.

In terms of high-level data, Horford is also an extremely rare high-quality inside player. Horford's real positive and negative value of defense exceeds 85% of the players in the same position, and he can score 1.302 points per round of fixed-point shooting, exceeding 96% of the players in the league. The top 20% of the league in screening assist efficiency, the playoff franchise protection plus or minus + 51 points second in the league. During the entire playoffs, Horford still has 27% of his time to switch to the outside. Even if he frequently switches to the outside, Horford's defensive efficiency remains unabated, which shows that he has extremely strong misaligned defense ability.

In summary, Horford spent most of his offensive end with a three-point high-tech turret and space point, and he could also sink to a low position at critical moments and use his height and arm span to hold the ball and play several times. On the defensive end, Horford can not only defend the big center but also replace the defender. At the age of 39, he also talks about elite-level frame protection. You can do anything, you can do anything well. This is the key to Horford's age being able to play ball.

In fact, Horford was more at the low level in his early career, and he was the Eagle's low-level killer and the Eagle King. But as Horford grew older, he changed his playing style and caught up with the disappearance of the super center in the small ball era, which gave Horford a chance to have a second spring.

Compared with inside players like Simmons and Vucevic, Horford has almost no technical shortcomings, except for his age, and he can play as a substitute center for 15-20 minutes in each game, which is enough to share the pressure on the starting center of the championship team. As long as he is given enough time and a chance to go out, Horford can become the main attack point, so who can't love such a comprehensive insider?

For the same basic salary or full middle class, it is better to sign an insider like Horford than to sign a flawed young insider. Due to his age, he is becoming more and more demonic as he grows older, even at the age of 40, Horford can perform as much as he is now.

However, Horford needs to play a system that matches him. The Warriors seem to be the most suitable for Horford among the three teams, because the Warriors need Horford to wield space and can provide him with a starting position, while the Nuggets and the Lakers can only be substitutes. Horford is no longer the most important thing to make money at this age. It is the comfort of playing. Which team he will choose to continue his career will have to be decided by time.