Zhou Qi, who left the CBA this season to join the Australian NBL League for various reasons, played well for the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix. After a few games, Zhou Qi has fully integrated into the team and adapted to the rhythm and confrontation of the league, not only playing the dominant level of data, but also playing a role in turning things around on the field, and both offensive and defensive ends can bring a decisive role to the team.
With the rapid improvement of Zhou Qi's comprehensive ability, the related topics about "Zhou Qi is about to step into the NBA again" on the Internet have sprung up like mushrooms, and it has been reported that the Nets and Lakers have a certain interest in Zhou Qi, but these news have not been confirmed by any official. But what is certain is that with Zhou Qi's current rising state and gradually maturing technical level, he does have the ability to launch an impact on the NBA league again.
Ability belongs to ability, desire returns to desire, but Zhou Qi has just joined the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team not long ago, and it is not realistic to enter the NBA with only these few games. As Zhou Qi said when he entered the NBL, "First play a full season and then say." Indeed, no matter how the future is planned, doing a good job in the present must be the most important, which is the so-called "hard work and rejuvenation". Therefore, Zhou Qi's impact on the NBA without playing the season is definitely not a good choice.
Even next year, will Zhou Qi really have more advantages than disadvantages to going to the NBA? Not necessarily. Domestic basketball commentators have analyzed that China's next player to enter the NBA must be a high-ranking player with enough ability to be in an important position in the overall tactics of the team. Only in this way can we truly realize the value of entering the NBA, on the contrary, if it is only for the sake of reputation, it is not recognized by coaches and teammates in the team, and this situation will not have a significant impact on the growth and progress of the players themselves, and it is of little significance.
Zhou Qi once had a brief experience playing for the Houston Rockets, when he was not enough to have a place in the team, being sent to the development league is a common thing, even if the NBA league debut can only appear in garbage time, which does not help Zhou Qi's growth much, but may cause a certain blow to his self-confidence. In recent years, Zhou Qi has become the top domestic insider in the CBA League, even if he has the same strength in Australia, it can be seen that his real improvement still comes from the national team and domestic clubs, fully thanks to his core position in the team's tactical system.
Now in the southeast Melbourne Phoenix team Zhou Qi is also an indispensable element in the team's tactics, his play on the field directly affects the overall state of the team and the direction of the game, the importance of which can be seen. Therefore, in this case, even if the NBA team can not provide the preconditions to ensure the playing time, Zhou Qi's choice to join the necessity is not great, compared to the importance of the current team, blindly joining the NBA team that cannot guarantee the playing time is tantamount to self-destruction, and the gain is not worth the loss.
Therefore, as to whether Zhou Qi should hit the NBA stage again, we must consider the performance in the NBL League this season and the conditions given by the NBA team, if it cannot achieve a "win-win", Zhou Qi is more likely to stay in the NBL or return to the CBA.