Zhang Yang had not received an invitation either, and he waited in a conference room at Madison Square Garden along with Bynum.
The two high school players chosen for the green room were Martell Webster, ranked third nationwide, and Gerald Green, ranked sixteenth.
In the conference room, Zhang Yang saw Monta Ellis, the scrawny second-ranked high school player in the country who looked like a monkey.
Ellis sat alone in a corner, resisting contact with others.
From Ellis's body language and expression, Zhang Yang inferred that he was thinking, "I'm so embarrassed," "I want to escape," "Everyone must be laughing at me."
This second-ranked high school player in the nation was too proud and took himself too seriously.
Zhang Yang looked around; the players in the conference room were very tense. Not many were talking, and even though Ellis was the second-ranked high school player in the country, no one cared.