Zhou Qi finally escaped the Asian Cup mission! If he is injured and cannot beat the National Games, he will not get the full amount of 6 million.

Although Zhou Qi is still one of the core insiders of the Chinese men's basketball team, if his desire to play for the country is really not that strong, the Chinese men's basketball team can actually consider not calling him in the next international competition. After not playing in the NBA Summer League with the Chinese men's basketball team last year, Zhou Qi "escaped" this summer while the national team was preparing for the Asian Cup, almost letting Guo Shiqiang recall Yang Hansen to play such a useless game.

When playing the National Games with a salary of 6 million yuan offered by Sichuan last month, Zhou Qi worked very hard. As a result, when he returned to the national team, Zhou Qi's old illness relapsed. On the 3rd of this month, the Chinese basketball team officially posted that Zhou Qi's previous injuries relapsed during training. When the team went to Europe to train, he would go to the United States for rehabilitation treatment.

The result was almost 20 days before Zhou Qi revealed on social media that he was about to go to the United States for treatment. As the Asian Cup approached, Zhou Qi deliberately revealed the time of his arrival in the United States, which actually showed to the outside world that he might not be willing to play in the Asian Cup.

When the Chinese men's basketball team played a warm-up match with Venezuela, Guo Shiqiang also covered Zhou Qi in an interview with the media, saying that he was in the United States and would come back in a few days. However, in the last 14-man roster announced by the team, Zhou Qi's name was not listed, which basically also declared that Zhou Qi would not play in this men's basketball Asian Cup.

Although the Asian Cup is just a useless event, Zhou Qi, who does not have to compete in the NBA, is obliged to represent the national team to actively play on behalf of the national team. However, in order to deliberately get rid of the Asian Cup game, he chose to delay going to the United States for treatment, which also shows that Zhou Qi is afraid of being injured, which will affect him next playing for Sichuan in the National Games final in November. After all, if you are really injured, then 6 million (including the championship bonus) will definitely not be able to be fully paid.

The World Cup, which was at the doorstep of the men's basketball team's defeat in 2019, missed the opportunity to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, and Zhou Qi was considered the "culprit". And six years have passed. As the banner figure of the Chinese men's basketball team in the post-Yi Jianlian era, what has Zhou Qi done to help the Chinese men's basketball team? After entering the training list for two consecutive years, Zhou Qi, who was 30 years old next year, actually won't have much substantial help to the Chinese men's basketball team when his playing style has been set. If he doesn't want to continue playing for the national team, then there is no need for the Chinese men's basketball team to force this.

If Zhou Qi is not strong in his willingness to play for the country, the national team can also consider setting a younger insider. In addition to Yang Hansen, Xun Sinan and Tan Houran, who have good performance in the national youth league, can all be summoned to the national team early and make plans for the future.