Last year, the Rockets drafted 7’2” center/forward Zhou Qi out of China. The talented tall man (he weighs just 218 pounds, so I hesitate to call him a “big man”) spent this past season playing for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association, but now it appears the Rockets will make every effort to have him in the fold in H-town for this coming year.
According to Rockets beat man Jonathan Feigen:
As mentioned in some of our post-season coverage, Rockets do intend to sign Zhou Qi, a 2nd round pick in 2016, this off season.