On this day, former Boston Celtic big man Al Horford was born in 1986 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
A product of the University of Florida, he helped lead that school to back-to-back NCAA championships (to this day, the only school in history to do so) with center Joakim Noah before being drafted third overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks.
After nine seasons with that franchise, he would sign with the Celtics in free agency in the summer of 2016, and play three seasons for Boston, making the All-Star team twice with the team (in 2016 and 2018).
He would average 13.5 points, 7 boards and 4.6 assists in his time with the Celtics.