Recently, a media outlet of Houston Rockets posted a highlight of Zhou Qi playing in the NBA game

Recently, a certain media of the Houston Rockets posted a highlight of Zhou Qi's NBA game, and wrote, "I will say on behalf of all Rockets fans that Zhou Qi should have been the team's next key training target, but he only played 19 games in Houston and left the league."

Zhou Qi was called the "big devil" in the CBA league. He was selected by the Rockets with the 43rd pick in the second round in 2016, but he did not officially log into the NBA until the second year. Zhou Qi only played 19 regular season games in his entire NBA career, averaging 6.6 minutes per game, scoring 1.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.7 blocks, of which he shot 21.2% from the field and 10.5% from three-point shooting percentage!

Thinking about Zhou Qi's trip to the NBA to play, it can be said to have carried the hope of fans across the country. The banner of Chinese basketball revival fell firmly on this 216cm big man. Of course, Zhou Qi himself knew this very well, so after arriving in the NBA, he changed his previous lazy image and style in his country, began to strictly discipline himself in life, and worked very hard in training.

So as for the reasons for Zhou Qi's failure in the NBA, there are probably the following points. First, the Rockets were in the championship period at that time and did not have so much time and energy to cultivate Zhou Qi. Second, Zhou Qi did not change from the comfort zone of the CBA in time, and he was not even prepared when he needed to play. The third thing is wrongly chosen to be his father as his agent. The lack of operation in the early stage led to a sharp drop in the draft rankings. Later, when Zhou Qi was in trouble and injured, the person he chose was very poor and did not help Zhou Qi at all.

In fact, when you look at Yang Hansen now, you will know how unprofessional the people around Zhou Qi were. At the same time, Zhou Qi was stronger than Yang Hansen in terms of talent and fame, but the development methods and paths of the two entering the NBA were completely different.