On April 24, Zhou Qi's NBL Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team ended the season's journey, Zhou Qi played brave in overtime, leading the team to end the Phoenix's 2021-2022 season with a victory! However, here Zhou Qi's NBL season has just ended, and the well-known basketball journalist Song Xiang has broken the news, and Zhou Qi is expected to return to the NBA to play!
According to The Famous Song Xiang, one of the most important reasons why Zhou Qi decided to play in Australia this season is that he wants to go to a higher level of league to exercise, so as to continue to improve the level of competition, of course, in order to be able to return to the NBA in preparation! The Australian NBL League is the league that many NBA scouts are most concerned about, many players have been signed to the NBA through the NBL League, Zhou Qi's nemesis in the NBL League, black center Achur, has been inspected by a number of scouts, but the sad thing is that almost every time there is a scout present, Zhou Qi can beat the NBL first center, Zhou Qi's performance naturally attracted a lot of NBA scouts.
Song Xiang reported that according to his understanding that during Zhou Qi's time with the Phoenix, more than one NBA team asked about Zhou Qi's situation and Zhou Qi's future playing ideas in the middle of the season, the most recent one was the Indiana Pacers of the NBA, the Pacers can be said to be the most sincere NBA team, they extended an olive branch to Zhou Qi, invited the Big Devil to go to the training camp this summer, the Pacers are willing to provide such an opportunity! If Zhou Qi can play a good performance in the training camp, the Pacers are willing to provide Zhou Qi with a matching contract!
The news reported by Song Xiang is quite heavy, because although Zhou Qi signed a 1+1 contract with the Phoenix this season, Zhou Qi can freely choose whether to execute the contract for next season! Judging from the earlier revelations, the Phoenix team has strongly shown that it wants to renew its contract with Zhou Qi, and is willing to take Zhou Qi as the core of the team next season! But the Phoenix's promise not to say Zhou Qi now, even the fans will not believe it.
This season, Zhou Qi's performance is quite outstanding, his internal skills have been further improved, and the defensive end is also the gate of the Phoenix team, and what is even more rare is that Zhou Qi has hardly been injured in the face of fierce physical confrontation throughout the season! But it is Zhou Qi's performance, the Phoenix team often pressed Zhou Qi on the bench, and at the critical moment, the Phoenix team began to hide Zhou Qi, and Zhou Qi was sometimes able to cut the whole game in the first half of the court.
And the Phoenix's defender line has Le Alfa and Mumford two Wolong Chi phoenix, these two players often work alone on the court, holding the ball is either strong or hard shot, both are unwilling to give Zhou Qi a pass, the Phoenix team's playoff qualification is to be tossed away by Le Alfa and Mumford!
According to Zhou Qi's treatment in the Phoenix team, it is very difficult for the Phoenix boss to keep Zhou Qi, and now Song Xiang has reported that the NBA team Pacers intend to introduce Zhou Qi, and Zhou Qi is very hopeful to return to the NBA next season! However, at present, Zhou Qi also has some problems, Zhou Qi will return to China in early May, immediately after the end of the quarantine period, he will join up with the national team to carry out training, in June and July Zhou Qi will lead the Chinese men's basketball team to play the World Cup qualifiers and the Asian Cup, the World Preliminary Tournament is related to the Chinese men's basketball team can enter the World Cup, the World Cup results are related to whether the Chinese men's basketball team can enter the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team must strive to win, the goal of the Asian Cup Chinese men's basketball team is to win the championship, Zhou Qi's task is still very heavy, Attending a walker's bootcamp is certainly not possible.
However, Zhou Qi's return to the NBA has not been blocked, if Zhou Qi can represent the Chinese men's basketball team to play a strong performance on the international stage, the possibility of the Pacers directly sending Zhou Qi a contract is not ruled out!