Let's always dial back to April 7, 2017, Xinjiang men's basketball team defeated Guangdong Hongyuan 117:109 away, won the first CBA championship in team history, after the game, Zhou Qi posted a photo with Xi Re, the excitement is indescribable!
Zhou Qi posted a group photo with Xi Re
Look at Zhou Qi's Weibo, Zhou Qi was full of spirit at that time. "Thanksgiving Xinjiang", 2013-2017, when Zhou Qi had just completed the first four years of the 4+2 contract. On the surface, there is no mustard between Zhou Qi and Xinjiang.
Subsequently, Xinjiang fulfilled its promise, issued a clarification letter to Zhou Qi, and sent Zhou Qi to play with the NBA Rockets. This clarification letter is actually to put it bluntly, that is, to prove to the Rockets that Zhou Qi is a complete free agent and has nothing to do with any club. With a clarification letter, Zhou Qi successfully joined the Rockets and signed a 2-year contract.
Zhou Qi successfully joined the Rockets.
In September of the same year, Zhou Qi returned to China to represent the Liaoning men's basketball team in the basketball competition of the National Games and won the U22 championship for Liaoning. Some media rumors said that Xinjiang intended to let Zhou Qi represent Xinjiang in the National Games, but Zhou Qi refused, and Zhou Qi also responded publicly at that time.
Zhou Qi responded publicly.
Now it seems that I think that Xinjiang's desire for Zhou Qi to represent Xinjiang in the National Games was not empty. We know that Zhou Qi began basketball training in Fuxin at the age of 9 and won the 13-year National Games championship together, and his relationship with the liaoning players is very deep. Zhou Qi ran away from Liao Basket, to tell the truth, perhaps out of necessity, or out of various misunderstandings. Liaoning here definitely wanted to lower the signing price, but it did not expect Xinjiang to start so quickly and so fiercely. The resignation of the deputy director of the Sports Bureau, who was responsible for the operation of the matter, also shows that the Liaoning Provincial Sports Bureau is very dissatisfied with the matter. Yes, a talent condition like Zhou Qi's is not at all equal to one or two houses.
From this point of view, Zhou Qi's departure from Liaoning is definitely not the most ideal ending in his heart. This matter is a kind of injury and regret for Zhou Qi and the Liaoning men's basketball team and Liaoning fans, and it is precisely because of this that Zhou Qi is grateful for Liaoning's cultivation and has made the promise of "whenever Liaoning needs me, I am willing to play the National Games for Liaoning". Perhaps only in this way can the regret in Zhou Qi's heart be reduced a little.
Then at this time, Xinjiang let Zhou Qi play the National Games on behalf of Xinjiang, which is a simply impossible thing, and Zhou Qi's response at that time also showed his attitude. Maybe this matter was not dug deep at that time, but did it not also leave a trace in Zhou Qi's heart?
Guo Shiqiang ate with Zhou Qi.
Time came to 2019, Zhou Qi was cut by the Rockets due to his poor performance on the Rockets, helpless, Zhou Qi returned to China in January. At the airport, he was photographed eating with Guo Shiqiang, and there were endless reports on the Internet that Liaoning would re-sign Zhou Qi. In fact, during Zhou Qi's rocket period, Guo Shiqiang also visited Zhou Qi, of course, the visit is only the appearance, the actual intention is obvious, that is, to persuade Zhou Qi to return to Liaoning. Remember that the Liaoning Sports Bureau also said: as long as you can get Zhou Qi, you are willing to pay any price, and even gave Zhou Qi a super contract of 25 million yuan for 1 year.
In 2018, the Liaoning men's basketball team just won the championship, if Zhou Qi was signed at that time, the Liaoning men's basketball team would have no worries in the next 10 years. Judging from the frequent contacts between the two sides, Zhou Qi obviously agreed to return to Liao Basket, replaced by any one, who can return to the parent team and play with the small partners of the year to enjoy the fun, and can also get a super big contract, no one can refuse, right? Moreover, at that time, both Zhou Qi himself and the Liaoning team thought that Zhou Qi was a complete free agent, because the clarification letter had already been opened, proving that Zhou Qi was a complete free agent.
But the follow-up development is a bit confusing, and the Xinjiang club, which has been silent before, appealed to the Basketball Association in a paper before the start of the league, indicating that the Xinjiang men's basketball team has Zhou Qi's priority renewal right in the next 2 years. The Basketball Association also gave a clear answer, that is, the validity of the clarification letter is not as good as the original 4+2 contract, and Zhou Qi must implement the 2-year priority renewal right, that is, as long as Xinjiang is willing, Zhou Qi must return to Xinjiang.
In fact, when things developed here, Zhou Qi already had some doubts. After all, the big contract is gone, and the hope of returning to the parent team is shattered, and this disappointment should be felt by everyone. But I have to say that Zhou Qi's return to Xinjiang, although contrary to his own heart, others really can't say anything. After all, when Zhou Qi went to the rocket, Xinjiang did not have any obstacles, so it is reasonable to say that Zhou Qi should indeed complete the two-year contract. The Xinjiang men's basketball team should also do enough homework for Zhou Qi in private, such as promising heavy money, promising to improve the strength of the team to help him pursue honors, and so on. It can also be seen from Zhou Qi's performance in the league next, although Zhou Qi is reluctant, he also accepts this reality.
Xinjiang captain Kelan Baike left for Shanghai.
The core of Xinjiang, the Western Heat River, went to Nanjing.
In the 19-20 season, Zhou Qi played for Xinjiang to the top 4, and the serious injury of the main player Abdul Shalamu cast a shadow on the team's playoffs. Subsequently, the team's brain had made Asahi's injury even worse. In the playoffs, the Liaoning team with luxury defenders such as Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei and Gao Shiyan was met, and the results can be imagined. 0:2, watch your friends reach the finals.
And that's not even the worst. In the offseason after the end of the 19-20 season, Xinjiang ushered in major changes. In the summer of 20 years, the Xinjiang men's basketball team sent away as many as 5 main players, the meritorious captain Koran Baike, the iron-blooded core Xi Relijiang, as well as Yu Changdong, Fan Ziming, and Liu Yunan, almost dismantling the laodices in Xinjiang in recent years. In the face of such a change, can Zhou Qi's heart be as calm as water? When he bid farewell to the old big brother again and again, was his heart also dripping blood? Where is your future? No one can imagine how he felt at that time!
Under such circumstances, the Xinjiang men's basketball team and Zhou Qi ushered in the 20-21 season of the league. Compared with the luxurious inner line in Xinjiang in previous years, although the labor model MoTai Yunus and Zhou Qi were introduced this season to form the Death Twin Tower, due to the small number of internal rotations, Zhou Qi and Mo Tai consumed a lot. Coupled with the death of head coach A's Jiang with the main force, even Mo Tai complained continuously, not to mention Zhou Qi?
Zhou Qi's best playing time is about 30 hours, but this season's Zhou Qi's basic playing time is above 35, in addition to the decline in efficiency, there are also frequent injuries. What is even more desperate is that even if Zhou Qi plays for his life, the team's record is still tepid. After the team lost, as the core of the team, Zhou Qi was always taken by his own fans. Once a fan talked about Zhou Qi's annual salary of 20 million, saying that his hard work was sorry for the high salary given by the club. Zhou Qi replied: Where is 20 million? Less of your supplies?
From this time on, Zhou Qi may have already moved the idea of leaving. A job, the money is not in place, the job is not happy, change me, I will also go.
Zhou Qi shelled the club after the game
Under such circumstances, Zhou Qi's Xinjiang was eliminated by Shandong in the playoffs 8-in-4 game. After the game, Zhou Qi sent this Weibo. Just 11 words, but how much heartache and grievances are expressed? How much dissatisfaction and helplessness? If you have been paying attention to Zhou Qi, I believe you will also be moved.
After the 19-year World Cup, he was scolded by the Poles for 2 years
The salary is not in place, the team is scattered, and the things promised at the beginning feel completely nonsense.
At this time, Zhou Qi can be described as the trough of life, but he has no one to talk about and no harbor to hide.
Zhou Qi announced his retirement for the entire season.
Just when Zhou Qi naively believed that the 4+2 contract was over, the last game for Xinjiang and even when he could finally decide his own fate, something worse happened: the Xinjiang men's basketball team used the new rules issued by the Basketball Association to use the maximum salary to renew Zhou Qi before renewing the contract. As soon as this news came out, Zhou Qi directly fell off.
The basketball association's introduction of the maximum salary priority renewal is itself to protect the interests of the club, which is no problem, but the question is, who is more effective in the new contract and the old contract? According to the practice of the basketball association before, when the new contract meets the old contract, the effectiveness of the old contract is higher, which is clear from the formulation of the player's maximum salary. However, why did the old contract become a piece of waste paper when it came to Zhou Qi? There is a clear logical irrationality here! However, no matter how Zhou Qi appealed, the Basketball Association did not express its position for a long time.
The CBA is a business league, and of course the interests of the clubs are important, but aren't the interests of the players worth defending? This kind of thing is really unheard of! After much fruitless communication, Zhou Qi announced that he would quit the entire season and go to Australia to join Melbourne Phoenix! Zhou Qi seems to be weak, but in fact, he is extremely strong inside, he has his own belief to insist, and he also has the courage to face injustice! In this way, this domestic top two star did not appear on the stage of the new season of the CBA!
I have to say that the treatment that Zhou Qi has received is simply incredible!
In recent years, we have seen the CBA more and more formalized, and the contracts of players and the formulation of the maximum salary have been well solved. But I have to admit that our league is far from a real professional league!
Live broadcast arrangement, why will the golden focus battle be arranged at this awkward time of 11 o'clock? Why can't the water on the floor be solved? The billboard on the sideline has been injured several times, if you can't remove it, can you change the plan? The jury's misjudgments and missed decisions are even more numerous, and did you know that an irresponsible whistle can be a team's efforts all night or an entire season?
Finally, I still hope that Zhou Qi's basketball association can give a solution as soon as possible, and there is nothing wrong with maintaining the rules, but shouldn't the rules themselves be changed? If this matter is not well resolved in the end, the most harmful thing will definitely not be Zhou Qi. #Zhou Qi##Zhou Qi withdrew from the new season ##CBA #