Jae Crowder told Al Horford not to sign with the Wizards because they couldn’t beat Celtics

Celtics forward Jae Crowder is going scorched earth.

Kevin Durant and the Warriors? Check.

Raptors? Check.

Wizards?

Crowder on newly signed Boston center Al Horford, who also considered the Wizards, via Tom Westerholm of MassLive:

“He’s a perfect fit,” Crowder said. “That’s what we were telling him. He had Washington and some other teams looking at him, but we beat them four times this year. You don’t want to go there.

This is the tamest of Crowder’s rampages. Bust lest you think it’s just an innocent statement of facts -- the Celtics were 4-0 against Washington this year -- Wizards center Marcin Gortat seemed to take it more personally:

did The screen Shot !! Thx man !

— Marcin Gortat🇵🇱 (@MGortat) July 21, 2016

Interestingly, Gortat is probably still starting only because Washington missed out on Horford. Starting over Ian Mahinmi is one thing. Gortat probably would’ve had to move to the bench for Horford.

Whatever his role, Gortat will have a little more motivation against the Celtics -- just like the Warriors and Raptors will.