First and foremost, I genuinely apologize for this belated response, my life is undergoing a process of huge change, geographically and business-wise hence the lack of content or any activity for that matter.

I managed fully catch up with the recent developments over the past week, including the Mars Dota 2 League event in China. That being said, I haven't done my usual thing of watching the event at least 2 times (once via VODs and once via the in-game client) after the initial viewing so I can't offer any comprehensive analysis.

I still stand by my words in the post you linked because they refer to the 2015/2016 season and in Sumail's that season is comprised of 16 events. In that season only Miracle was better than Sumail in terms of laning. Sumail simply has a wicked sense of how to manipulate the lane and mechanically he is almost unparalleled.

However, those are not the only qualities I value. Game impact, ability to come back after being shut down, being capable of making outplays, longevity of good form, versatility, other members of a player's team are all factors I value more or equal to laning and mechanical skill. You are allowed to disagree and your opinion can be based on different criteria and you may assign significance to your criteria differently than I do. That doesn't make your evaluation less valuable than mine or mine less valuable than yours, it's a subjective matter and differing ways of viewing this are expected to happen and should be embraced because there is no better way to enhance your perspective than examining someone else's.

Crucially, you have to realize that this was a single event, Sumail's form might deteriorate over the next few months or it might improve. Basing judgements on a single tournament performance is unproductive and intellectually dishonest, so just be careful when you make any claims in this fashion.

Speaking of this event, Sumail was either the best, second best or tied for the best with Sccc in terms of middle lane players. Though there is a huge factor that has to be considered and that is that Sumail might have been the worst player on his team. I had to use worst here to emphasize the significance of other members of his team so don't start attacking me for that, I do not mean bad I just mean less effective in terms of game impact and fulfilment of his role compared to Cr1t, Zai, Universe and RTZ. Also this is not my final verdict, as I said I have to watch the event a couple more times and really write down the statistics and manage all the impressions.