Zhou Qi, who ended his first season in the Australian NBL, is currently in quarantine in Xiamen and will then participate in the men's basketball team's training this summer. Recently, there is also news that he received an invitation from the NBA Pacers, so what is the specific nature of this invitation, Zhou Qi also personally explained.
Zhou Qi said that the invitation was first the summer league, followed by the trial training, and provided a place.
"In the second half of the Phoenix season, there was a scout who came to the training ground to watch the training and then talked to me for a while. First go to the summer league, trial training is a later thing, if you can, leave me a place. ”
"I also told him that I needed to communicate with the Phoenix. In the summer, there are national team games, there are many games, and there is also communication with the basketball association, and he also knows the situation here. To be precise, this thing is difficult. Because the timing of the game is in conflict, if I had to choose, I would have to guarantee the national team first, and then think about other things. ”
"If I have the opportunity to impact the NBA, I still want to try again, even if the result is not good, for me personally, there is no regret about going."
It can be seen that in fact, this opportunity exists, but it is not necessarily an absolute opportunity, and there will be conflicts with this summer's men's basketball game. Even if the Asian Games have been postponed, the men's basketball team will play from the end of June to the end of July, and there will be the third window of the World Preliminary Round and the Asian Cup to play, for the Chinese men's basketball team, Zhou Qi is too important. And Zhou Qi has said more than once, including his contract with Phoenix, there is an agreement that the men's basketball team wants to be recruited and must let him play for the men's basketball team first.
In the NBL League just past, throughout the season, Zhou Qi played 24 games, played 21.1 minutes, 11.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2 blocks. Overall, Zhou Qi was abandoned from the beginning of the fragrant food to the middle stage, and still had no chance in the later stage. I'm afraid that next season is still in Australia to consider. He signed a contract for two years before, but the Australian League and the team have received huge attention from him, but they have not given him the opportunity he deserves, is Zhou Qi unable to play? Obviously not, in more than 5 months, there are only 24 games, averaging only about 20 minutes per game, which is completely insufficient for Zhou Qi.
This summer, for Zhou Qi, it is very important, where to play in the future, whether many problems can be solved, and the impact on the future is very large.