Beijing (AFP) - Chinese basketball player Zhou Qi will enter the 2016 NBA draft, media reports said, bidding to succeed superstar Yao Ming as the league's top name from China.
Zhou, a centre who towers 2.18 metres (7 feet 2 inches) tall, has played two seasons for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), leading it for blocks both times.
Nicknamed "the big devil king," he has already filed his paperwork to enter the draft -- when NBA teams in June select their new players for the season -- and begun training in the US, Tencent Sport said.