Does Mego think Al will go elsewhere or retire?

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Seems like Derrick White is excited to still be a member of the Celtics KP & Jrue have already moved. Does Mego think Al will go elsewhere or retire?

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00:00Derek White, very glad to be staying with the Boston Celtics.

00:04Here was Derek White on NBC Sports Boston talking about being still in Boston.

00:11I didn't feel too worried about anything.

00:15My agent and Brad had been talking and all the other rumors and stuff

00:19I wasn't really too worried about.

00:22I feel like it's cool to be wanted by other teams,

00:25but I wanted to stay in Boston,

00:27and I was glad they wanted to keep me.

00:30Listen, the man gave up his teeth for us.

00:34I'm delighted that he's here.

00:36Twice.

00:36And I'm sure you are as well, right?

00:38We got to talk Celtics with you because you are our Celtics insider.

00:41So maybe at 820, I want your thoughts on this team and where they are going.

00:46That sounds good.

00:47That does sound good.

00:48I'm very happy Derek White is still here.

00:50I think he is a core piece of what the Celtics are going to be looking to do

00:54in the future.

00:55So unless somebody gave up the farm for him completely,

00:59I just don't think that they were going to move on from him.

01:02Where are you on Al Horford?

01:03He's probably gone, right?

01:06Yes.

01:06So Brad Stevens said the other day he's likely gone.

01:08And that's sad.

01:10I like losing Chris Stapps Porzingis and Drew Holiday is sad.

01:14With Al Horford, it just was, to me, in my mind,

01:17like never really going to line up in terms of his age,

01:21what he's probably going to get,

01:23which is going to be like probably over $9 million a year.

01:26Right.

01:26And what the Celtics are doing,

01:28what they're spending this year just doesn't make sense.

01:30Yeah.

01:30And why not?

01:31Al probably wants to go to a contender.

01:33If he knows he's only going to play another year or two,

01:36go to a team like Golden State,

01:37or I think maybe Cleveland was interested.

01:40He might retire still.

01:41Yeah.

01:42He might do that.

01:43I mean, Wiggy, you tell me, like, he's 39.

01:46He's got a wife and kids.

01:48If the only real option is Golden State, that makes sense.

01:52Maybe Denver.

01:53He's telling his family, like,

01:54we're going to pack everything up for one year and move out there.

01:58Well, maybe they won't go, but he'll, like, if he's,

02:01because I always look at it like this.

02:03If you want to retire, like, you know you want to retire.

02:08You might think about it for a little bit,

02:10but at the end of the day, you go, you know what?

02:12I'm done.

02:13When you're kind of like, that means that's telling me you still want to play.

02:18You're just looking for that right spot to play that final season.

02:22And I think he still wants to play,

02:25and he's just waiting to see what team that is where he can go, all right,

02:29I know what my role is going to be.

02:31Like if it's the Warriors or something like that.

02:33And he gets $9 million, and he feels like they could be close.

02:37And I know what my role is.

02:39Maybe I start in Golden State, but I'm not playing a ton of minutes

02:42because, you know, they're going to make sure they're taking care of me.

02:45And this is a team that's going to have the ability to contend.

02:49So I think Al's looking for that situation more than he wants to retire.

02:54All right.

02:54That is they said.

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