Some players just love playing under the spotlight, like the future Wizards' top pick John Wall, who lacks motivation without a nationwide broadcast.
Before the game started, the host introduced the 18 participating players, detailing their achievements in high school, mostly focusing on the 94-95 season.
Just as Zhang Hao expected, although they hadn't compared their high school performances before, nor would anyone be foolish enough to compare school team performances among the same group of talented high school students, all the talented high school players on the scene had either good stats or achievements, or both. Even Corey Benjamin had outstanding high school performance, representing the United States at the Under-19 World Championship at age 15, being the youngest player on that Team USA.
After the players showcased themselves one by one, the two teams gathered for the final pre-game discussion.
