Hawks sign Horford to five year, $60 mil extension

Report.

The Atlanta Hawks agreed Monday to a five-year, $60 million contract extension with All-Star center Al Horford.

The team reached the deal with Horford just ahead of a deadline that would have opened the door for one of their stalwart players to become a restricted free agent next summer. Horford confirmed the terms in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

Solid move, far better than the idea to give Joe Johnson $124 million.

Great move. Not a bad idea to keep your main pieces at all.

Solid move, far better than the idea to give Joe Johnson $124 million.

Considering he's twice as valuable a player & will get paid half as much, I think it's a great deal for a very good PF

A good deal for both sides.

If this is an effect of the extension,i'm not sure it's a great move for the Hawks

I'd rather have Horford than Smith, despite Smoove being better than him last year. I have a feeling they keep Smith but let Crawford go.