Kelechi Osemele had been attending a birthday party in San Francisco when he got the call from his agent. About 24 hours after Laurent Duvernay-Tardif opted out of the season, the suddenly guard-needy Kansas City Chiefs had signed him to a one-year contract.
“I was pretty excited,” said Osemele. “I was fired up. Obviously, the first thing I thought of was playing with (Patrick) Mahomes, and then I accidentally leaked his phone number because I [was using] Instagram. I did a video, and it had his number out there, and I had to take it down real quick.