This is very true. In fact in the last 12 months i read a lot of "Ainge is coming to the Garden smiling...he must have traded for a Butler...he must have traded for Cousins...he's going to make great deals on draft night"...welp.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hawks made very significant offer to Al Horford. Whether it still stands because of their new cap situation unknown. He still could return.</p>— Chris Vivlamore (@CVivlamoreAJC) <a href="https://twitter.com/CVivlamoreAJC/status/749232715782758400">July 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/basketball/hawks-made-very-significant-offer-to-horford-still/nrrNH/
Has nothing to do with closing it out. He's taking his time on thinking it through. It appears he wants to to Hawks but the dwight signing threw him off guard
That's just speculation on your part. For all we know he's just waiting for KD to pick OKC and then opening enough cap space to sign him too.
LOL Expected... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">League source says C's meet with Horford went "really well." Added that ATL task of clearing salary to bring him back up against the clock.</p>— Mark Murphy (@Murf56) <a href="https://twitter.com/Murf56/status/749254488536547328">July 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVertical">@TheVertical</a>: Boston and Washington have emerged as frontrunners to sign All-Star forward Al Horford. <a href="https://t.co/uS1t0sTDl6">https://t.co/uS1t0sTDl6</a></p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/749257573761777664">July 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVertical">@TheVertical</a>: Boston and Washington have emerged as frontrunners to sign All-Star forward Al Horford. <a href="https://t.co/uS1t0sTDl6">https://t.co/uS1t0sTDl6</a></p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/749257573761777664">July 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>