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

IT TAKES TIME!! People don't realize that with taller players it takes them 3 to 4 yrs to develop but from what Zhou Qi is showing right now, gives reason for optimism! Look at Dirk Nowitiski. He came in as a thin 7'0 player, at roughly the same age and his first 2 yrs people were deeming him a bust and he got plenty of playing time.

 

It's reality. Jeremy Lin came here for a few seasons and was the most overhyped player in Rockets history here. He's just a mediocre player. Foreign players, especially the asian ones, attract more attention here than anybody. Yao was justified. Zhou is not. He's not strong or fast enough to be on a NBA roster at this point. Just facts



The guy made one 3pter and ppl went crazy here lol. You stop

 

Zhou Qi is fluid 7ft barefoot player. He has decent handles and shot. He is pretty Athletic for his size, some 7 feet humans can't even run. At worst, if he doesn't get injured, he will be a quality bench player.

 

For your information, the most over-hyped player in Rockets history is RALPH SAMPSON. Yeah, I know, before your time. And he's a really tall black dude. But the hype on him coming out of Virginia was unreal. Lin....not even close.

Your post was about you denigrating Asians and Asian basketball players.....plain and simple. It has no place here. Stop it. We discuss Rockets basketball in GARM, not race. You injected race and accused us of liking him because of race. Stop it. I'm not Asian. I'm not an Asian sympathizer. My wife ain't Asian. I don't work for Asians. I have no special affinity for Asians other than I really like pho. Neither am I against them because I don't have any special relationship with them. They're just people. Some good. Some bad. Some tall. Some short. (Your post is implying racial stereotype that most Asians are short and therefore Qi is a curiosity/novelty.) Some fat. Some skinny. Some good looking. Some ugly. Some smart. Some dumb.

Qi is simply a 7-foot basketball player. Stop accusing me and others of talking about him because he's a tall Asian. Take your racial talk to D&D and leave it out of GARM.

 

Recovering from lipodystrophy by large consumption of Texas beef.

 

Your Ralph Sampson example is stupid. He averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 blocks his first three season and made the finals. Injuries do not make you over hyped. His career was cut short just like Yao and it you could argue that it more successful since he made the finals, I wouldn't but..... you can make the point. Quit being a big dummy.

I think Zhou Qi can be a decent backup. Good luck to him.

 

I played with him as PF on 2k and dropped 17 points on the cavs

 

The could use him as a pole, actually.

 

You mean the hype for the only three time college player of the year who became the NBA rookie of the year and four time all-star? That hype? Oh yeah.

And I watched him in person both at UVA when I was in law school and then as a season ticket holder for the Rockets after I moved to Houston in 1982. I probably watched him live in games as much or more than anyone who was not paid to do so. Unfortunately, his great career was cut short by injuries.

 

Ralph Sampson overhyped? Please explain the stupidness you just spewed. He got hurt and was never the same, but overhyped? Smh. You CLEARLY became a Rocket fan during the Lin era

 

No he won't. He's not strong or fast enough to play against other bigmen. Hopefully he'll inspire other kids where he's from to play, but he's not good enough to play in the NBA

 

We gave him a 4-year guaranteed deal. He's going to be around a while. Sms he's going to play. To say he isn't good enough to play in the NBA is foolish. Because he's going to be playing in the NBA.

 

I became a Rocket fan in high school in 1984 after we drafted Hakeem. I thought they would be a dynasty. I became a die-hard ROF (that's Rockets only fan) in 1992 after both Magic and Bird retired.

Sampson was more hyped than both of those guys plus Hakeem and Shaq and Lebron (all three of these were overhyped) and definitely MJ coming into the league. He was way overhyped and Lin's temporary hype was nothing in comparison. Lin's biggest hyper was Les. Sampson was hyped to the stratosphere by everybody. And when anyone questioned how great Sampson was coming into the league because he did not win a championship at Virginia their voice was snuffed by a choir of hypers.

Lin's hype is way overhyped on this board because he played here. But on the national stage nothing rivaled Sampson's hype.

 

Really makes you think.....hmm....

 

I don’t understand how you can make a definitive statement on what he absolutely will or won’t do at this stage in his development. He’s long, blocks shots, has a decent shooting stroke, and seems to move his feet decently on defense. He’s promising but needs to add some sand in his pants to stick in the league. He may be something or he may not... don’t know how you can be so certain one way or the other.

 

Sampson averaged 21pts & 11rebs his first year lol. In comparison, Yao only averaged 13pts & 9rebs. Sampson was on his way to being a top 5-7 center before the injuries. You CLEARLY dont know definition of overhyped. His 1st year numbers were as good as Shaq's & Hakeem's

 

It's unfair to judge Zhou after one year, really. He's a multi-year project big man. I'm a doubter, but I won't call him a bust no matter how badly he does. Maybe if he shows no development and gets destroyed in the G league, but he's just not ready right now.

 

Oh? I don't know how to define words now? Cunning from you that's silly. Sampson never lived up to expectations even before the injuries. But that's all baked in. LeBron has won 4 titles and is a hall of famer but he was overhyped coming into the league. Like he was going to immediately turn the franchise into a winner. Didn't happen. Just because LeBron is a hall-of-famer doesn't mean he was overhyped.

Ralph was overhyped. Hakeem was overhyped. Ewing. Drob. Shaq. All overhyped coming into the league. Their hype overshadows Lin's temporary fans a hundred fold. But go ahead and keep holding your anti-Asian bias like a bulldog chewing on a rib bone now.

 

This is hard to say. If Qi travels with the big team, he won't play or develop his game. MDA would have to change his philosophy about playing inexperienced players, and we haven't seen any signs of that. Barring injuries to Anderson and Tucker, I don't think he plays much.

I'd like to see him get a ton of minutes down in RGV at least until the all star break. This has been template with rookies for a number of years, and we have lots of success.

Looking out, I see Qi as a rotation player (barring injuries). He's shown a great deal of work ethic that I think has impressed the coaches allowing him to leap over other players who seem static in their development (read: Onuaku). Qi has range, touch, decent awareness on D, and knowledge of team concepts on offense. Of course, his length really sets him apart as a power forward. I'm not sure he should ever play center (or at least not for 3 years) as doing so would risk injury. There's no way he could take that pounding.

He's not slow of foot, but his conditioning is what you would expect at this point in his career. That makes him sluggish, but he's vastly improved his body of late.

 

But again, Sampsin averaged 21pts & 11rebs as a ROOKIE coming into the league. How is Sampson the most overhyped Rocket? Those are superstar numbers for a 1st year player. He EXCEEDED the expectations. Unlike Lin did