The Thunder, who are near the bottom of the Western Conference standings, will keep Horford out of games and look to trade him in the offseason. View the original article to see embedded media. With the Thunder sitting in a tie for 12th place in the Western Conference and four games back of the No. 8 seed, the team has reportedly decided to sit veteran forward Al Horford for the remainder of the season in order to get younger players more minutes, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski . Horford, 34, plans to remain with the team for the rest of the year to train but won't appear in any of Oklahoma City's final 28 games. A five-time All-Star, Horford has averaged 14.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists this season in 28 games (all starts), shooting 45.0% from the field. He signed a four-year deal with the 76ers ahead of the 2019-20 season, and was traded to the Thunder in December. Horford has two additional years and $53 million remaining on his contract, and the Thunder w
