The game between NBL Phoenix and Melbourne United has come to an end, Zhou Qi was officially rated as the best player by the NBL with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks, and all kinds of dunks and blocks appeared in an endless stream, which was simply a visual feast of inner monsters, and teammates and fans were impressed.
However, in the game, Zhou Qi's free throws are very average, only 2 of 7 shots, and even two penalties are missed, which becomes the only deficiency in his whole game, and a free throw also triggers a disharmonious thing.
Zhou Qi was ridiculed by the DJ and was intervened by the NBL to investigate + apologize, which was full of faces
Incident restoration: The game went to the third quarter, Zhou Qi did not win two penalties, according to the agreement of the Melbourne United sponsor, as long as the away team missed two penalties, then the sponsor will send a hamburger to each person on the scene, so whenever the away team players take free throws, the on-site DJ will lead the audience to create a momentum to interfere; and after Zhou Qi's two penalties are missed, the DJ joked a sentence "Maybe he doesn't understand why we are so happy", which triggered a protest from the Phoenix team, which in turn made the NBL League investigate the matter.
At the same time, Melbourne United also apologized for the incident; DJ Peterson himself realized that his remarks were very inappropriate and wanted to apologize to Zhou Qi unreservedly.
In fact, the original intention of DJ Peterson's words should be to ridicule Zhou Qi that he may not understand English, and from the literal meaning, he should not have much malice; but it caused the dissatisfaction of the Phoenix team, after all, the team's head coach Mitchell once said that "Zhou Qi is the jewel of the team", which shows how much they care about Zhou Qi.
From Zhou Qi's point of view, since the defeat of the 2019 World Cup, he has been insulted and ridiculed by the whole network; and DJ Peterson's ridicule, compared with these bad words, is simply not worth mentioning. However, this shows that the Phoenix Team protects Zhou Qi, and they do not allow Zhou Qi to be wronged in the slightest.
Guo Allen was scolded but helpless
In stark contrast, the CBA's attitude towards star players is a world of difference. Many players have suffered all kinds of insults and ridicule from fans in the CBA arena. In particular, Guo Allen, last season's playoffs in the Zhuji division suffered loud insults from fans, but the security personnel or management personnel of the stadium at that time were indifferent and did not take any measures to this; after the game, only the fans were complaining for Guo Allen, and the CBA League also did not explain this.
I think if Zhou Qi is yelled at in the NBL, the scolding fan will definitely be expelled from the security personnel, and the NBL will also take various measures such as banning the game. Why does the NBL protect star players so much? Because the star player is the signature of a league, it is the most direct element of the league to attract attention and create value.
In contrast, the CBA league has not done a good enough job in this regard, not paying attention to protecting the personal interests of star players, and even big names like Zhou Qi can not stay in the CBA and switch to foreign leagues. The current CBA is not a commercial league, and compared with other foreign leagues, professionalism is far from enough, Chairman Yao needs to work hard for it, hoping that in the future, our CBA can be more professional and commercialized, and can do better.