Horacio Llamas knew the Phoenix Suns and the NBA were going to announce regular season games to be played in Mexico City. The league’s first Mexican-born player also knew he would play a significant role in the build-up to the event.
The problem was keeping all of that information to himself until the news was made official on Wednesday morning.
“Everyone asked me about all the rumors,” Llamas said. “Everyone was like, ‘Is it true?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know!’ I knew it was true, but I was trying to hide from everyone. I was going to explode.