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The interesting way Derek Willis found out about Detroit Pistons NBA contract offer

Jon Hale/The Courier-Journal

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the spot designated for agent contact information, Derek Willis wrote down the phone number for Keely Potts.

That's not the former Kentucky basketball player's agent. That's his fiancee.

So when the Detroit Pistons called earlier this summer to inform Willis they were offering a contract, Potts answered the call.

"So it was kind of a little different," the 6-foot-9 Willis said Tuesday.

"I just put her name down, but it was in the wrong spot. It was for an emergency contact and I was like, 'Call my fiancee,' you know.