More than 12 years have passed — after the black eye at practice, re-inventing himself, being Toronto’s adopted son, seeing up close the business side of the NBA, and latching on with a fifth NBA team — and only one question remains. Where do you start?
Maybe you start on the evening of June 28, 2005, when Amir Johnson became the last high school player selected in an NBA draft, when the Detroit Pistons selected him with the 56th overall pick in the second round. Or maybe several months later, when Rasheed Wallace, then a Pistons teammate, used to batter and bruise the frail 6-foot-10, 205-pound 18-year-old at practice.