We have just learned that Kent Hughes made a very special request to Jeff Petry before trading him

"Kent asked me, without giving me any guarantees, where I would like to play. I appreciate that he did that, Detroit was at the top of my list.

To know that you'll be able to play for your childhood team, to put on that jersey... It's a very special moment!" -Jeff Petry

"You grow up watching a team, you always play that situation out in your mind of you wearing that jersey. You keep thinking in your head, 'OK, when is that opportunity going to come? Can it come?'" he said Wednesday during his introductory presser.

"For me, I always thought about wanting to play one year here maybe at the end of my career, or whenever the opportunity came. To get that call yesterday was a very special moment for me."