Al Horford became the first Dominican-born player to win an NBA championship in June, and received a huge honor from his home country when he returned with the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Boston Celtics veteran Al Horford returned to the Dominican Republic as an NBA champion and he brought the Larry O'Brien Trophy with him.

Nobody is beloved more in the Boston Celtics’ locker room than Al Horford. The veteran big man, who originally spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Atlanta Hawks, has made the city of Boston his home,

When Al Horford was 14 years old, he left his home country of the Dominican Republican to pursue a basketball career in the United States. Almost 25 years later, the longtime Celtic returned as the highest-paid Latin American basketball player of all time,