The hometown team drafted the hometown hero in the first round of the NBA Draft Wednesday night, then promptly traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Denver Nuggets.
None of that ultimately mattered to the home crowd at Tailgaters Il Primo in Litchfield Park. The kid they watched grow up in Goodyear and at Millennium High School was hugging his family on the big stage in New York City.
That is why there was an emotional release is because when Commissioner Adam Silver announced DaRon Holmes as the No. 22 pick, Millennium coach Ty Amundsen said.
