Al Horford’s Sister Fired Back At A Reporter’s Suggestion That Al Skip The Birth Of His Child


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Fair warning: What you are about to read is a very boring hot take. Hot takes are always bad but we can’t deny there are levels of hot takery. There’s a hierarchy. But this sub-par hot take rises to the level of #content because the sister of the player involved in said hot take drops true fire that we should all enjoy.

Al Horford plays basketball for the Boston Celtics. His wife, Amelia, gave birth to their daughter in Atlanta. Al skipped the Celtics’ game in Miami that night, a game the Celtics won, to be with his wife, who just pushed a human being out of her body. If you’ve used the Internet at all in your life, you know the take that is coming.

Michael Felger, a Boston guy on Boston TV and Boston radio, offered a take you’d think came from someone who worked in Titon Falls, Wyoming — Al should’ve hopped a flight from Atlanta to Miami to play basketball. I warned you. It’s an uninspired take from someone you’ve never heard of that wouldn’t garner the valuable attention of Uproxx if not for Al’s sister, Anna, coming off the top rope to defend her brother.

Horford, for his part, had a much more measured response.

https://twitter.com/SherrodbCSN/status/803703878059442176
We can all hate Skip Bayless but you have to at least respect he was good enough at the hot take game to trick Fox Sports into giving him millions of dollars. It must be frustrating to lack the ability to think of a hot take better than, “Man should play sports after birth of child.” It’s so easy to think of hotter takes. “Al Horford should plan his family around the Celtics’ schedule.” “Al Horford should wear condoms during sex.” “Al Horford should get a vasectomy and reverse it after his playing career is over.” It took me four seconds to think of better hot takes.

I’m available, Fox Sports. Four years, $10 million. Call me.

(Mass Live)