Ellis has always been wild; you could tell from back in the day when he was only willing to work out for the top three teams.
The outcome? It led to him, the second-best high school player in America, falling to the second round, setting a new low for draft positioning among the top three high school players in the country, whereas the third high school player, Webster, went in the top ten.
Ellis is well aware of his own brashness, but among the new generation of players, he considers himself second, thinking he's outdone by Zhang Yang.
At 17, he hadn't even finished high school and decided to enter the draft early, thinking amateur games were pointless.
The first time he faced Kobe, who had just scored 81 points, he shouted he wanted to challenge Kobe one-on-one.
He got choked out, attacked Raja Bell in a way no one expected, and established his fierce reputation with one battle.
