Here are the other deals signed last summer:
Evan Turner, 4 years/$70 million
Timofey Mozgov, 4 year/$64 million
Solomon Hill, 4 year/$50 million
Joakim Noah, 4 years/$70 million
Tyler Johnson, 4 years/$50 million
Bismack Biyombo, 4 years/$72 million
Nic Batum, 5 years/$120 million
Chandler Parsons, 4 years/$94 million
Evan Fournier, 4 years/$85 million
Ryan Anderson, 4 years/$80 million
Alan Crabbe, 4 years/$75 million
Kent Bazemore, 4 years/$70 million
Ian Mahinmi, 4 years/$64 million
Luol Deng, 4 years/$70 million
Harrison Barnes, 4 years/$94 million
Dwight Howard, 3 years/$70 million
Just to be clear, this is the list of free agents who signed for more than $60 million, and also signed with a new team or were otherwise a reasonable target. (So, I'm not counting Drummond, Beal, Derozan, Conley and Whiteside who re-signed for the max with their current teams...).
So, this is the market. That is the full set of comparable contracts based on what teams are willing to pay in open bidding in the new world of the 2016 CBA.
Now, anyone who is dissatisfied with Al's contract/performance: There are 15 contracts on that list. How many of them would you swap, player and contract, for Horford today? Would you rather have Luol Deng, who's giving LA 8 points and 5 rebounds a game? Mozgov? Noah? Solomon **** Hill, with his 6 points and 4 rebounds a game on 39% shooting?
Seriously. I'd love to hear it.