{"id":125324,"date":"2016-05-26T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=125324"},"modified":"2023-06-12T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T22:44:50","slug":"72-zhou-qi-pre-draft-workout-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/72-zhou-qi-pre-draft-workout-video\/","title":{"rendered":"7'2 Zhou Qi Pre-Draft Workout Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLF68bWlVQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It's way too early to be calling Zhou Qi the next Yao Ming or the \"Asian Dirk\" or even the \"Asian Pozingis\" but the 7'2 20-year old (there's been some controversy about his age) &nbsp;does have a nice jumper to go with a 7'7.75 wingspan and a no step vertical reach of 12\" - 4th highest in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.draftexpress.com\/nba-pre-draft-measurements\/?year=All&amp;sort2=DESC&amp;draft=&amp;pos=&amp;source=All&amp;sort=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DX Draft Express database<\/a>, behind Ben Simmons, Prince Ibeh and Greg Oden. With that combination of height, age and skills, Zhou has a few teams -- like Boston, Memphis and Miami -- very interested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think his basketball English was good enough that it didn\u2019t impede us from doing anything on the court,\u201d Grizzlies vice president of basketball operations John Hollinger said after their workout. \u201cI mean, obviously, we weren\u2019t having detailed discussions about politics and economics or anything. \u2026 Very skilled for his size, very long frame, knows how to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now he just needs to add a few pounds to that 218 pound frame.<\/p>\n<p>(UPDATE: The Houston Rockets drafted him in the 2nd round of the 2016 NBA Draft. 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