On the morning of the 9th, the Chinese Basketball Association officially announced that Xinjiang Guanghui basketball club Co., Ltd. would resume the registration of new athletes from now on. It is widely believed that this will inevitably lead to many subsequent changes, including the possibility of players trading during the off-season in Xinjiang men’s basketball.
On February this year, the Chinese Basketball Association imposed severe punishment on Xinjiang men’s basketball. The ticket at that time stated: “Within one year from the date of the punishment decision, Xinjiang Guanghui basketball club was restricted to register new players. That is to say, in the aforementioned period, other domestic athletes (including pre-registered athletes) shall not be registered except those who have completed effective registration in the 2022-2023 season, it is forbidden to participate in or conduct transfer exchanges between domestic athletes.” At the same time, the relevant person in charge of the Chinese Basketball Association decided that Zhou Qi was free to join other teams.
However, Xinjiang men’s basketball did not agree with this punishment, and they decided to withdraw from the 2022-23 season and the CBA league. Since then, the incident has undergone major changes. After mediation and mediation, Xinjiang men’s basketball returned to the league in the late third stage of the regular season. Among them, the 7 regular season matches they missed were all sentenced to 0 to 20 negative, and the points were also 0 points. Xinjiang men’s basketball final regular season 17th. However, at the shareholders’ meeting that ended not long ago, Xinjiang men’s basketball will automatically get the 8th and 18th positions of this year’s draft conference, but they can only be used for trading and cannot choose players.
The statement of the Chinese Basketball Association on the 9th meant that Xinjiang men’s basketball ended the “punishment period” ahead of schedule and they were restored to the qualification of registering new players. The Chinese Basketball Association wrote in an official statement against Xinjiang men’s basketball: “The Chinese Basketball Association accepts your company’s application, and after acceptance, identify your company’s” notice on punishment for Xinjiang Guanghui basketball club Co., Ltd “to the discipline and ethics committee of China Basketball Association (Basketball Association discipline and ethics committee [2023] No. 1) the listed violations have been rectified. Your company has a positive attitude towards rectification, measures are in place and commitments are clear. The research decision of China Basketball Association: from the date of issuance of this notice, the qualification of new players registered by Xinjiang Guanghui basketball club Co., Ltd will be restored.”
At present, there is still no clear statement about the whereabouts of Zhou Qi, but if Xinjiang men’s basketball resumes the qualification of registering new players, it means that other teams can negotiate with Xinjiang men’s basketball on the transaction of Zhou Qi, and this also makes the “dead knot” of Zhou Qi’s problem expected to be solved this summer.
Where will Zhou Qi go next?
