SEATTLE -They say age is just a number, and for Al Horford, that seems to be the case. Playing in his 17th season in the NBA, the Dominican-born big man appears to be aging like fine wine as he closes in on a significant career milestone: 14,000 NBA points. The Puerto Plata native is just 36 points away from reaching this mark, a feat only two other players born in Latin America have accomplished in NBA history.
So far this season, only NBA superstar LeBron James (1,710) has played more minutes than Horford (1,224) among players aged 37 years or older, as he has been a key member of a Boston Celtics teams that sits at the top of the Eastern Conference ahead of the All-Star break.
