I am not sure why more people on here aren't singing the praises of Horford (I assume because it indirectly praises BK drafting him, but anyways). The guy is everything you want in a player. He is strong, fast, and hustles his ass off on both ends of the court. He plays way bigger than his height. Some of the rebounds he got last night were simply amazing. Two or three taller guys around? No problem. Plus his cheerleading and enthusiasm, matched with his selflessness on the court are just amazing.
Case in point: last night, the Pistons ran a break two on one. Hamilton (I think) had the ball and our lone defender came to the ball, leaving a Piston streaking toward the basket alone. In comes a streaking Horford to get between that man and the ball to stop the break.
Plays like that don't show up in a box score, but show tremendous heart and brains. Sometimes when I watch Josh Smith pout after a no call and not hustle (I counted three of these last night - he sometimes reminds me of Shareef), I just wish Horf's play would rub off more of our guys. Am I bashing JS? Nope. He does hustle a lot and is sometimes all we have out there. But he does sometimes have lapses. Horf is 110% at all times.
At this point, I would say that we definitely have the ROY on our squad.