Atlanta Hawks: Should Al Horford Take More Three-Pointers?

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Mar 24, 2014; Atlanta, GA, USA; Injured Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford (15) (gray sports coat) sits on the bench with team mates during the game against the Phoenix Suns during the second half at Philips Arena. The Suns defeated the Hawks 102-95. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /

Health

This one offers up a balance which is difficult to achieve, but must surely be somewhere in the back of Horford and the Hawks’ minds. A torn pectoral muscle is undoubtedly one of the league’s more uncommon, or freak injuries. At the same time though, Horford has now torn the muscles on both sides in the space of three years.

As an elite NBA big man, Horford is going to be exposed to a lot of contact inside, and although he shouldn’t avoid it, it would be wise to consider ways of reducing it. Horford is far too good in the paint to become a guy who constantly pulls back to the perimeter, but if he could build a deep shooting game for himself, it could help to reduce the toll of the NBA’s physicality on his body.

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