"I hope to try a higher level stage", Zhou Qi repeated this sentence four times

　　"If I can, I would like to try a higher level stage."

　　In the face of various questions from the media, Zhou Qi mentioned this sentence four times in less than 30 minutes of interview time.

　　On September 5th, Beijing time, at the online media home event organized by the Chinese Basketball Association, Zhou Qi said that he has not yet determined his next whereabouts, but everyone including him seems to have reached a consensus- Only by truly going out can we achieve greater improvement.

　　When Zhou Qi, who was referred to by thousands of fans three years ago, has become the "hope of the whole village" today, it seems to prove one thing. Today's CBA really can't attract too many talents.

　　Hit my ball, sweat me

　　This past summer, Zhou Qi became the most mentioned name in the Chinese men's basketball team.

　　Not only because of his strong enough performance on the court, but also because of Zhou Qi's undecided whereabouts.

But no one would doubt that Zhou Qi has grown into the new leader of the Chinese men's basketball team.

　　Du Feng said, "Zhou Qi is now the irreplaceable No. 5 player among the inside players of the Chinese men's basketball team."

　　In the third stage of the World Qualifiers against Australia and Chinese Taipei, Zhou Qi averaged 14.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2 blocks per game; after the Asian Cup, Zhou Qi played in 3 games, averaging 15 points and 12.7 rebounds per game. , and 1.7 blocks and 1 assist; in the fourth stage of the World Preliminaries, Zhou Qi still averaged 20.5 points and 9 rebounds per game.

　　During this period, Zhou Qi encountered many disadvantages such as insufficient preparations for the battle and the intrusion of the epidemic. Even under the influence of the new crown pneumonia, Zhou Qi once lost 5 kilograms of weight due to fever.

But compared to his teammates, Zhou Qi is still the one who can change the situation on the court the most.

　　However, Zhou Qi was quite modest about this: "I think we are in a team that relies on the overall play, and everyone has different responsibilities. I will try my best to do everything I can and do my responsibilities well. Then we as a whole to improve performance.”

　　From this sentence, it seems that you can feel Zhou Qi's maturity.

　　His maturity is not only the deterrent on the field, but also the details off the field.

Du Feng commented: "Zhou Qi's growth is not only in football skills, I think he has become more mature and sensible, and his role in the team is slowly changing."

　　"Not only on the court, but also in life, I began to communicate with many players, and my personal feelings for the team are also getting more and more upward."

　　Stability is Zhou Qi's most distinctive feature today.

On the court, Zhou Qi can not only use his skills better, but also rarely see Zhou Qi out of control in terms of emotions.

　　In this regard, Zhou Qi said: "As for myself, I just work hard to train and play games. From the time I entered the national team to the present, there have been good times and bad times in this step by step."

　　"I've always been in the mindset of doing what I'm supposed to do, playing my own ball, and improving where I need to be."

　　CBA is really not enough

　　If Zhou Qi's mentality keeps him positive, then it is the experience of overseas battles that catalyzes Zhou Qi's growth.

　　According to Zhou Qi, it was his experience in the Australian League that kept him in a high-level confrontation for a long time, "My own confrontation level and perception of the game will be better, and I have always been in a relatively high position in the Asian arena. Level."

　　Even when Zhou Qi talked about the Australian League, he first talked about a year's experience, and then changed his words, "actually only half a year."

　　"I've had a lot of feelings this past season, they're very competitive, both old and young."

　　"Each of them is in a state of competing for the team's position. The training time is not long every day, and it may end from waking up in the morning until after 1:00 in the afternoon, but the volume is large and the effect is very good." Growth is crucial, not only in Zhou Qi, but also in other players of the Chinese men's basketball team.

　　After the game this summer, Du Feng mentioned the ability of players to move and shoot the most. "Now all games require the ability to shoot quickly, and I have been emphasizing this with the team."

　　"But the team has basically been in some domestic leagues for the past two years. As a result, the players may think that I can use some skills in the CBA. In fact, when it comes to the platform of international competitions, these skills are not available at all, and the gap is still relatively large."

　　A similar story was heard as early as when Du Feng was a national team player.

　　At that time, Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu were both fixed-point jumpers. After Yunas led the Chinese men's basketball team to participate in the World Cup in 2006, Wang Shipeng saw the world-class striker's style of play and understood how to improve.

　　"They all sprinted to a point quickly, pulled up to shoot, and Yunas said to me at that time, 'Dapeng, this is your development direction.' It feels so easy."

　　Sun Minghui also felt the same: "I haven't played against international teams for a long time. Their confrontation intensity far exceeds that of our league."

　　And these confrontations are only at the Asian level...

　　You can't really blame the players, after all, it's hard to ask them to be on their nerves all the time when they're used to winning games in easy mode.

　　Gu Quan reflected in the interview: "In the CBA, we don't really need the ability to move and shoot, the team basically relies on foreign aid to break through to pass the ball to the open position, and then you go to complete the shot, plus the opponent's rotation is not so fast, we It formed a lot of bad habits.”

　　From habit to ability, the environment is precisely a crucial factor in the development of a player.

At a time when the CBA is not enough "roll", how to improve the personal level may be a problem that every national team player needs to think about.

　　Zhou Qi still wants to try it, what about the others?

　　In view of the current situation of the CBA, many fans appealed, hoping that Zhou Qi would not come back.

At present, in Zhou Qi's plan, the final destination has not yet been determined.

　　"The whereabouts have not yet been determined. It depends on the communication between the agent and other teams. The start of each league is also very close, and the whereabouts may be determined as soon as possible."

　　But compared to the undecided whereabouts, Zhou Qi mentioned similar expressions four times in the 30-minute interview time: "If possible, I hope to try a higher level of stage."

　　Faced with the topic of whether he is willing to challenge the NBA again, Zhou Qi's answer is also very frank: "As I said before, I always thought, even if it is to try again."

　　When asked if such an attempt would include a minimum salary or a non-guaranteed contract, his answer was: "I don't think I'm at the level where I can go against the election, so if I have the chance, I'd still like to try again."

　　For Chinese players, playing in overseas leagues is not an easy choice. This not only requires players to have enough strength to establish a foothold overseas, but also to be in a "precarious" career plan.

But trying it out has become a very important word in Zhou Qi's planning.

　　When Zhou Qi was criticized by fans three years ago, it was hard for anyone to think that his words were so apt now: "What do you want to think of basketball is very important. If you just treat it as a job, you don't think it's important. You can do other things just like playing basketball, and your level of effort will be different.”

　　Behind the story may not be that Zhou Qi is progressing too fast and has the capital to slap fans in the face, but that the entire Chinese basketball ecosystem is too comfortable and lacks competitiveness.

　　After all, in the European Championships, which fans dubbed "better than the NBA", Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was once unable to raise funds, defeated the defending champion Slovenia in the group stage; Belgium, ranked 37th in the world, won the second in the world Spain.

　　If the Chinese men's basketball team, ranked 29th in the world, is placed in any group of the European Championships, it may not win a game.

　　We hope that Zhou Qi can stand up the day of the Chinese men's basketball team, and we hope that more and more people will help Zhou Qi and stand up the day of the Chinese men's basketball team.