Lattin also helped lure James to the Sooners .
Sitting in the stands when James got injured was longtime friend Khadeem Lattin , then an incoming freshman center at Oklahoma who has known James since the third grade .
friend also helped lure James to the Oklahoma .
Sitting in the stands when James got injured was longtime friend Khadeem Lattin , then an incoming freshman center at Oklahoma who has known James since the third grade .