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James Wiseman, Penny Hardaway and the high-stakes collision of two stars

In a simpler time, a man in a "Born Fly" T-shirt made a breathless phone call from an Alabama gym. It was the afternoon of April 18, 2015, a Saturday. Lamont "Pat" Johnson knows the date, because he was so excited that he had to take a picture. Johnson, who stands 5-foot-7 -- "on a good day," he jokes -- posed in the photo next to James Wiseman just to prove he wasn't exaggerating. The kid was 6-foot-8, and Johnson had just seen him dunk, shoot 3s, and make hook shots ... gasp ... left-handed. The kid had just turned 14.