"Caught up with Al Horford again , this time at Oglethorpe University during his summer camp for kids. The scene was about as loud and hectic as you might think. It's always good for me to be reminded of why I don't have (or want) any kids.

"The parents love it," Horford said. "The kids do all this running around, and they are worn out when the parents come pick them up. They go right to sleep."

The reports are that Al didn't just lend his name to the camp like some athletes are known to do, but was hands-on with the kids. His father, Tito , helped out, too, running the kids through some drills. Bibby was there on Thursday.

Al held a camp in Michigan last summer and has two scheduled in the Dominican Republic next month, but this was his first local camp.

"This is my third year here so I figured I should do something here in Atlanta, [especially] since I live here, too," Al said.

Before succumbing to the apparently A/C-less gym and those rambunctious rugrats, I managed to talk some business with Al. He offered insights on J.J.'s re-signing (good), Atlanta's search for a center (important), a potential contract extension (no hurry) and the Heat loading up in Atlanta's division (challenging).

Al said he's happy the team re-signed Joe. He's on board with ASG and Rick Sund's philosophy that the Hawks still have the potential to get better so they had to keep pushing forward.

"I agree," he said. "Everything is going well. Guys are still getting better. I think that is important to keep the team together. Like [Sund] said, we definitely don't want to take a step back. It's tough to build in this league.""