The Southeast Melbourne Phoenix have decided not to qualify for the NBL playoffs, and Chinese player Zhou Qi also has to consider where to go next season. At present, Zhou Qi hopes to use the Australian League as a springboard, the plan to return to the NBA should be shelved, in the second half of this season, Zhou Qi has been abandoned in many consecutive games at key moments, the status of the team has declined seriously, there is no performance opportunity and data to support, Zhou Qi can not attract the attention of NBA scouts.
At the beginning, Zhou Qi's team signed a 1+1 contract with the Phoenix team, and the second year was a player option. According to many domestic media, including Zhou Qi's agent, Due to the inability to obtain stable playing time, Zhou Qi is destined to part ways with the Phoenix, and his next stop, except for the CBA, is nowhere else.
In this way, multiple CBA teams will launch a player battle, considering that Zhou Qi's strength is no less than a super foreign aid, once he joins a team with championship-winning strength, the CBA's pattern will change completely.
According to a well-known domestic basketball media person, there have been a number of teams including Guangsha, Beijing and Shenzhen have had contact with Zhou Qi's team, and they all have great interest in introducing this super center forward, no matter which team, as long as zhou Qi is successfully signed, the strength will immediately rise to a level.
In all potential families, the Liaoning men's basketball team seems to be an unavoidable topic, Zhou Qi and the Liaoning men's basketball team have inextricable links, last year it was because of the collapse of negotiations with Xinjiang, unable to return to Liaoning to play, Zhou Qi went overseas. Nowadays, Zhou Qi himself has the intention of returning to the CBA, and the Liaoning men's basketball team will naturally not miss this good opportunity.
However, media people also revealed that on the issue of Zhou Qi joining the CBA, the Basketball Association is ready to intervene. The Chinese Basketball Association is mainly worried about Zhou Qi joining the Liaoning team, because the Liaoning men's basketball team has a great trend of winning the championship this season, their strength is one of the best in the league, if Zhou Qi is signed again, then the CBA will form a dominant situation in liaoning in the next few years, which is what the Chinese Basketball Association does not want to see, and it is also the reason for forcing the Basketball Association to intervene.
In any case, Zhou Qi's return to the CBA is almost a foregone conclusion, whether it is returning to Xinjiang, or joining Liaoning, or joining a CBA traditional strong, we all hope that the main center of the Chinese men's basketball team can have a stable game to play, only if his state is maintained, the Chinese men's basketball team has the hope of impacting the World Series.