On the 17th, the Chinese Basketball Association announced the investigation results and relevant punishment decisions of Xinjiang Guanghui related to violations proposed by Zhou Qi. The Chinese Basketball Association confirmed that there was a registration violation in Xinjiang Guanghui. Although there was no clear explanation of Zhou Qi’s whereabouts in the public letter of the Chinese Basketball Association, relevant persons of the Chinese Basketball Association made it clear in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that, qi Zhou has regained his freedom and can join any CBA team.
So, which team is most likely to get Zhou Qi? This will be affected by many factors, including salary, emotion, possibility of championship, etc. From the perspective of salary, which team Zhou Qi joined is entitled to a top salary. According to the relevant regulations of the league company, each team has a maximum of three top-salary places. So let’s take a look at the top salary quota of the teams competing for Zhou Qi with the highest voice from the outside world?
After Zhou Qi came back from NBA last time, the CBA team closest to him was Liaoning. This time Zhou Qi returned to CBA, the Liaoning team was naturally one of Zhou Qi’s choices. Liaoning team has already used three top-salary places this season, namely Guo Allen (two years), Han Dejun (one year) and Zhao Jiwei (one year). This summer, the Liaoning team may face difficult choices. If the Liaoning team’s top salary is renewed by Zhao Jiwei, then he will occupy a quota. Whether the remaining top salary quota will be used to chase Zhou Qi becomes suspense. Of course, Han Dejun is a player who is willing to sacrifice for Liaoning team, which is evident from the fact that he did not choose other teams with higher price but stayed in Liaoning team.
The Shanghai team is also regarded by the outside world as one of the popular teams competing for Zhou Qi. In recent seasons, the Shanghai team has continuously strengthened its strength and returned to the top four last season. Compared with many other teams, Shanghai team has always maintained an advantage in terms of team investment and has sufficient competitiveness in terms of introducing players. In terms of top-salary players, only one top-salary player in Shanghai team is Wang Zhilin (three years), and they still have two top-salary places for the recruitment target, this is also the biggest advantage for them to compete for Zhou Qi.
Will the two teams in Beijing also join the competition of Zhou Qi? Shougang has invested a lot in the past few years, and has been heavily introduced many times. Shougang will naturally be very interested in Zhou Qi’s players who can change the league pattern to a large extent and will continue to chase. At present, only one top-salary player of Shougang is Fang Shuo (one year). This summer, when Fang Shuo’s contract expires, it is not easy to judge whether Shougang signed a top salary contract with him.
Meanwhile, Fan Ziming’s Class B contract will expire this summer. According to the relevant regulations of the league, Shougang has the exclusive signing right of Fan Ziming’s top salary contract. That is to say, if Shougang Gives Fan Ziming a top salary contract this summer, then he must stay in the team. If he is provided with other types of contracts, there is a risk of competing with other teams. But at least in terms of top salary quota, Shougang has the opportunity to compete with Zhou Qi this year. However, Shougang has already owned such insider as Li Muhao (three years), Fan Ziming (one year) and Qiu Tian (two years), and they won Zhou Qi with huge investment, perhaps the will is not so strong.
In fact, Beijing control has always hoped to introduce big players to improve its strength as soon as possible. They had a lot of communication with Guo Allen last summer. At present, the three top-level salary quotas in Beijing control group have all been used up, namely Yu Changdong (one year), Sun Tonglin (two years) and Zou Yuzhen (two years). Yu Changdong’s contract expires this summer, and Beijing control will measure the length and type of contract renewal given to him. But if there is a chance to get Zhou Qi, Beijing control at least has a top salary quota to operate. Of course, from the operational point of view, even if the quota of the top salary contract is already full, the team can still solve the related problems by buying out the contract and other methods.
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