10 of 13, 22 points, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks, this is Zhou Qi's data in the third round of the NBL regular season, in each quarter only 10 minutes of the format, such data is definitely called the dominant level.
Looking at the data may not be very intuitive, on the field, Zhou Qi completely hated several of the opponent's centers, you know, in the last round, the opponent directly moved against Zhou Qi, that is, he realized that the "Great Demon King" was too powerful, hoping to affect his mentality.
After the game, an Australian reporter said that Zhou Qi was expected to compete for MVP this season, and then someone echoed: "MVP aside, at least the best defensive player is promising." ”
So many Chinese fans expressed great doubts, how did Zhou Qi, who could not get the best defensive player in the CBA, suddenly become so powerful in the NBL? Is this still an Australian team that abuses CBA teams for fifty or sixty?
A few years ago, the CBA's Zhejiang and Tianjin went to the NBL to participate in the preseason, which was originally a training nature, but I did not expect that every game in Tianjin and Zhejiang would lose 50+, which scared the CBA from then on and never dared to send a team to Australia again.
Later, Australia was incorporated into Asia, and in the 2017 Asian Cup, the Australian national team took the NBL League elite as the team, and none of the NBA players were recruited, and the result was directly swept across Asia to win the championship.
As a result, the concept that the NBL is stronger than the CBA, and much stronger, has been engraved in the minds of Chinese fans.
But this time, Zhou Qi played a dominant statistic in the NBL, not to mention, and looked forward to competing for MVP, which suddenly made the inherent impression of Chinese fans shake. Could it be that the level of the CBA has improved a lot, enough to compete with the NBL?
But in fact, let's not forget, Yao Ming also played the dominant data in the CBA that year, went to the NBA after two years of precipitation, and immediately was able to bomb down 30+, and it can't be said that the level of the CBA is similar to the NBA.
People often ignore that players can adapt and grow, like Zhou Qi, like Yao Ming, after adapting to the high-intensity confrontation, their own potential is stimulated, and then play a high level in a higher level of league, which is the so-called "and stinky basket chess more and more smelly", but with the master, they will also improve.
Therefore, Zhou Qi's improvement is his individual improvement, not the level of the CBA itself can be compared with the NBL.
In addition, Zhou Qi's teammates and team managers have also helped him a lot. Zhou Qi's positioning in the Phoenix team is to defend the gate, eat cake or personal secondary attack when attacking, and Zhou Qi's teammates have all had NBA experience, whether it is passing or defending, they are much stronger than Zhou Qi's teammates in the CBA before, so Zhou Qi will play more easily.
In the Xinjiang men's basketball team, Zhou Qi's days as a father and a mother are not unseen, so now he is playing easily in the Phoenix team is what he pursues.
Another point is that Zhou Qi went to the NBL for a purpose, in addition to improving himself there, he also hopes to use this as a springboard to return to the NBA, and in the CBA, even if he plays the dominant data, the possibility of arousing the attention of the NBA is not large, because the CBA itself is not high.
In terms of willingness, Zhou Qi's playing in the NBL and CBA are completely two concepts, and with dreams, there will be motivation.
Therefore, Zhou Qi is mixed up in the NBL, not the level of the CBA can be on an equal footing with the NBL, and the CBA still has a long way to go to achieve the strength and speed of the NBL.