{"id":223062,"date":"2024-09-11T08:21:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=223062"},"modified":"2024-09-11T09:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:04:45","slug":"al-horford-comes-with-his-family-on-vacation-and-brings-the-nba-2024-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/09\/11\/al-horford-comes-with-his-family-on-vacation-and-brings-the-nba-2024-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Horford comes with his family on vacation and brings the NBA 2024 Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Al-Horford-llega-a-RD-con-familia-y-trofeo-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223093\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Al-Horford-llega-a-RD-con-familia-y-trofeo-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Al-Horford-llega-a-RD-con-familia-y-trofeo-Diario-Libre-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Al-Horford-llega-a-RD-con-familia-y-trofeo-Diario-Libre-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Al-Horford-llega-a-RD-con-familia-y-trofeo-Diario-Libre.png 1210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Diario Libre reports that Celtics star and Dominican Republic native Al Horford arrived on Tuesday, 10 September 2024 in the afternoon, proudly displaying the coveted Larry O&#8217;Brien Trophy. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla came with the family that flew in on JetBlue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horford\u2019s arrival was met with a wave of excitement and pride as he stepped off the plane. &#8220;24 years ago, I left this airport with a dream of playing college basketball and reaching the NBA,&#8221; Horford told reporters. &#8220;And now, I&#8217;m here with the championship trophy. I don\u2019t know where the rumor of it being a replica came from, but this is the real deal. It&#8217;s an honor,&#8221; he said as reported in Diario Libre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Celtics\u2019 coach, Joe Mazzulla, accompanied Horford on the trip, expressing his enthusiasm to be part of this special moment. \u201cWhen I heard Al was coming home with the trophy, I knew I had to be here to support him,\u201d Mazzulla stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horford and Mazulla are scheduled to give a basketball clinic in La Romana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horford came with his wife, former Dominican Republic Miss Universe Amelia Vega, their son and four daughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/deportes\/baloncesto\/2024\/09\/10\/al-horford-llega-con-el-trofeo-de-campeon-de-la-nba\/2845680\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 September 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diario Libre reports that Celtics star and Dominican Republic native Al Horford arrived on Tuesday, 10 September 2024 in the afternoon, proudly displaying the coveted Larry O&#8217;Brien Trophy. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla came with the family that flew in on JetBlue. Horford\u2019s arrival was met with a wave of excitement and pride as he &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/09\/11\/al-horford-comes-with-his-family-on-vacation-and-brings-the-nba-2024-trophy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223062"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223094,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223062\/revisions\/223094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}