How will Zhou Qi be viewed by the end of the season?

No one expected him to be ready for prime time this year. He is a project. As I mentioned before he's hitting 33% of his threes in the G league on a 84 shot sample. Yes, it's bad that he's only hit 2 out of 16 in the big league, but the team seems to want to develop as a stretch big for a reason. Do you think they're clueless about player development? It's his rookie year for crying out loud, cut him some slack. Dirk Nowitski is probably the best shooting big man of all time and he only hit 20% from deep his rookie year, on a 68 shot sample. Not everyone is ready to come in guns blazing.

 

He just made a 360 degree turn to the starting point, he is what he was, not ready.

Some just can't fill out and get stronger, some can and lose their agility.

I can't say give up on him yet but he is not heading in the right direction.

 

Yeah but what I'm saying is as a rookie Joe Chee is supposed to NOT be ready for prime time. He is like an infant in terms of being a bball player so why are you expecting him to play well? We got him as a low first rounder for a reason. And because he is making rookie salary, the Rockets can afford to let him grow up first so even if he is bricking all these shots its ok.

But in Anderson's case 20M of the cap is being paid for him to do a good job which obviously he is failing at. So contract has everything to do with it the more cap space you take up the more is expected from you. Its like using the same metrics for a CEO and a janitor and then saying the CEO is better in terms of creating value for the company.

 

Qi chee who?

 

We brought Smooth back and the whole team was terrible. Actually he didn't even play much. But he's better than Zhou Qi that's for sure. The only thing Qi has is he's tall. Other than that he does nothing but drop passes & get pushed out the paint. Him being 22 means nothing. There are other 22yr old d-league guys that are better than Qi that deserve a NBA roster spot

 

It’s ok that he bricks all these shots
But it’s not ok for the other Rockets to throw up bricks ?

If Joe was some dude we drafted from college people wouldn’t tolerate this

 

Remember when the Rockets was thinking Hakeem was faking his injury and almost traded him to the Miami Heat for Rony Seikaly?

 

Like I said Joe is 22 yr old rookie making the rookie minimum, is Ryan Anderson a 22 yr old rookie making the rookie minimum?

If Joe was some dude drafted from college YOU would tolerate this. I didn't see any of these complaints coming from you when Onuaku, Budinger or Harrell were rookies.

 

actually nobody bats an eye about second round picks sucking. Most of them never get to play more than a season anyway. It's actually perfectly okay for him to brick all his shots in garbage time. Either he develops into a NBA player or he doesn't, and there's a high chance he never will.

 

Joe Chee gon’ Be alright.

 

bad time to be a underdeveloped rookie on a championship aspiring team. ship joe to to the kings or suns where he can develope into a stat padding megastar.

 

Zhou Qi is fine as long as he keeps developing. All these complaints can be fixed by Zhou focusing on defense and not being the man. He'll play 15 years in the league if he learns to play his role. None of that should be difficult for him. He's a natural at what he needs to be.

 

Yes, but he has to perfect his role and bang down low - average 1-2 blocks per game. He should know how to roll.

The thing is why do you keep an international around (other than making money off China) whose job a Whiteside light sensation from the Dleague/any good Dleaguer could do?

The 3 point shooting isn't doing a thing if he can't defend honestly.

 

Zhou Chi isn't bricking many shots for the Rockets - He's chucking his bricks in the D-League ..... and that doesn't hurt the Rockets at all.

He's 7foot tall ..... you cant teach height , he's a project that'll get this year and probably next to show some promise , if he doesn't show anything by next year he'll back in China.

 

He will be Stretch Center with Shot Blocking skills, nobody in the NBA has a backup Center has those skills, he has a lot of potential, he needs strength and conditioning. It takes 4 solid years of weight training, basketball playing, to play in NBA games. Yao Ming and Clint Capela are proof of that. Have patience, Even Jerry West says Big Men take longer to develop.

 

European Leagues , China Basketball, I am quite disappointed, that they don't make Weight Training, Personal Chefs to gain more weight a more priority. NBA trainers are more under pressure, to develop these rookies.

 

Believe in Qi

 

24 games in the GLeague - Per 36
15.3 ppg
8.8 rpg
3.2 bpg
51% FG
33% 3FG on 4.9 attempts a game.
56% FT
15.1 PER

Lots of stuff to work on, but he is doing better than I expected in his first year. He isn't just a rookie, he is a rookie learning a new language and an entirely new culture. Anyone here that has been to Asia knows that it is a HUGE adjustment for a young Man. Some mental lapses are inevitable, just like Yao his rookie year. Dude has a lot on his shoulders and is far less talented than Yao, but he has some interesting skills to be sure.

Can he bump his shooting just a bit? 35% from three and 75% from FT and he starts looking really interesting with his defensive ability.

 

It's a shame that we had to wait a year for Joe to come over, a year wasted without NBA strength training and picking up more bad habits in the China league.