Liao media targeted Zhou Qi with off-board moves, Du Feng once responded publicly, and Zhu Fangyu gave a statement!
The first match between the Guangdong team and the Liaoning team in the CBA semifinals has entered the countdown, and the whole Guangdong team has also arrived in Shenyang and went to the home stadium of the Liaoning team for the first time to conduct adaptive training, at the same time, some media people on the Liaoning side revealed at this time that the Guangdong team is currently actively seeking to reach an early contract renewal with Zhou Qi, because the one-year maximum salary contract signed by Zhou Qi and the Guangdong team is not applicable to the CBA's "maximum salary lock" Regulations, which means that Zhou Qi has the right to freely choose where he goes next season this summer!
Obviously, the only purpose of these media people to release this news is to disrupt Zhou Qi's mentality of preparing for the semifinals, in other words, this is the off-the-board move they used, in fact, similar tricks are not unfamiliar to fans of the Guangdong team, they also tried to interfere with Weems through these means when Weems was in full shape in the third stage of the regular season, why did they target Zhou Qi again this time?
First of all, the first answer is that Zhou Qi is too strong, they are afraid of Zhou Qi, so they want to use these unsightly means to interfere with Zhou Qi! This point is enough to prove from Zhou Qi's performance against the Liaoning team during the regular season, when the Guangdong team and the Liaoning team met for the second time this season, Zhou Qi played 30 minutes and scored 23 points and 13 rebounds, of which the shooting rate was as high as 80%! The inside line of the Liaoning team, whether it is Han Dejun or Moreland, including Li Xiaoxu and Fu Hao, is helpless in the face of Zhou Qi, and Zhou Qi got 15 free throws in the whole game, and he alone caused the Liaoning team to close to 10 fouls! It can be seen that Zhou Qi's state will play a decisive role in the trend of this round of the series!
The second is that Zhou Qi is too important to the Guangdong team, maybe some fans will feel that the Guangdong team without Zhou Qi is also very strong after watching the fourth game between the Guangdong team and the Guangsha team, but if you really think so, you are very wrong! As early as the regular season, when Zhou Qi just returned from injury, after he came on the court, the proportion of the Guangdong team's offense under the basket will increase by 13.8%, and the opponent's offensive proportion under the basket will decrease by 14.4% when he is on the defensive end, both of which are the highest among players in the same position!
In the third stage, with the gradual recovery of Zhou Qi's physical condition and the cooperation with his teammates is more tacit, his presence and absence have a greater impact on this team, and the first game with the Guangsha team Zhou Qi only appeared for 24 minutes and efficiently scored 22 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, just from the data can be seen that he is important to this Guangdong team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
Having said all this, I would like to ask everyone, do you think that the release of this news by these media people at this time will affect Zhou Qi's state? Will Zhou Qi leave the Guangdong team this summer? Welcome to discuss and exchange in the comment area!
Personally, I think the answer to both questions is no, first of all, since these media people said that the Guangdong team could not lock Zhou Qi with the maximum salary is a confidentiality agreement signed by both parties, which means that this news is not a secret to Zhou Qi and the Guangdong team, and it should be impossible to interfere with them with something that both parties know!
Secondly, why do I think Zhou Qi will definitely renew his contract with the Guangdong team this summer? The first point is that Zhou Qi is personally very satisfied with playing in the Guangdong team, in a previous interview, he said that the Guangdong team is a very professional team, he is very happy to play here, and more importantly, when he is affected by injuries, the team will put his health first, even if he lost so many games in the first two stages of the regular season, the coaching staff and management did not let him return early, and finally even if he personally showed a strong desire to play, the coaching staff still strictly controlled his playing time！
The second point is from Du Feng's point of view, as early as the national team, Du Feng and Zhou Qi have cooperated many times, so they are very familiar with each other, and the familiarity here actually includes on and off the field, and the reason why Zhou Qi chose to join the Guangdong team in the first place is also inseparable from Du Feng's guidance! And after nearly a season of cooperation, the two sides are very satisfied with each other, as mentioned earlier, Zhou Qi is very satisfied with the coaching staff, and Du Feng also said very directly in a recent interview that Zhou Qi's arrival has brought a great improvement to the team's internal strength!
In fact, now looking at Du Feng's statements when talking about Zhou Qi, he is responding to the question of whether the Guangdong team can keep Zhou Qi this summer!
The third point is from Zhu Fangyu's point of view, in fact, some fans have raised this question to Zhu Fangyu recently, and Zhu Fangyu's answer is that he will do his best to keep Zhou Qi! Judging from Zhu Fangyu's statement, he should be very confident in this!
As we all know, the Guangdong team sent away the team's leading defender Zhao Rui in order to get Zhou Qi, if it is really as the media people said, the Guangdong team cannot lock Zhou Qi with the top salary, why do Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng dare to make such a bold decision! It is nothing more than that they have absolute confidence that they can sign a long-term contract with Zhou Qi after the end of a season, and there is no other reason to make sense! So let's not worry about this problem, I believe that Du Feng and Zhu Fangyu will not disappoint the fans!