The Kon Knueppel Thread

[fatlever]

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so much for that ankle injury

[JMAC3]

Shocker all healed up a few days after the combine lol
Like I said, we will see if/when these athletic testing numbers get released.

[Diop]

Yeah he can prove me wrong on another team

[fatlever]

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"Kon Knueppel = big country music guy"

nope. i'm out.

[yosemiteben]

You don't get to compare him to Doncic and then get defensive when someone calls it out.

To be clear, I was defensive about the way you posted, not about your disagreement with my opinion. I'm fine if you completely disagree, and acknowledged in my own post that I wouldn't bet on it.

He doesn't have anywhere near the ball handling, anywhere near the passing, anywhere near the rebounding, anywhere near the scoring. Their games are nothing alike. There is quite literally nothing that should allow you to draw a straight line between the two other than them being unathletic white dudes.

The more I read about him the less this seems true. Maybe you're right, maybe you're not. I'm not exactly invested in him and don't actually care what he turns into, I'm just saying there does seem to be interesting similarities.

I made the specific post after watching this -

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Mock it if you like I guess but you're doing nobody any favors with statements like that

I didn't mock you, I gave a specific explanation for my argument. You didn't, which is what I found annoying.

Again, I tend to think consensus is right on him and I wouldn't feel comfortable betting on him, I just don't think it's impossible that he has higher upside.

[Hornet Mania]

Country music thing might be a deal breaker for the locker room. Unless he can talk Miles into producing country-rap fusion, otherwise it's not gonna work.

[Bassman]

Agree with Yosemiteben here. Kon is a quality player, who performed at a high level facing the toughest college competition in the nation…as a freshman. He carried that Duke team in the ACC Tournament. I also want to see if they release any common measure workout data. But you know any team bringing him in for a workout will put him through those to gauge speed, quickness, leaping, etc.

Knipple is not my pick at 4, but some team will take him not far after.

[countryboi]

I agree with everything that’s been said here. My only addition is that Knipple’s ball-handling is pretty solid. he was killing teams with the pick and roll. It’s not Luka-level, but he can definitely initiate the offense

[JMAC3]

Kon averaged 2.7 apg, 4 rpg, 14.4 ppg.

Duke had no point guard this year and Sion James became their point guard, not Kon. Imagine Luka-lite playing off ball because the team has Sion James. None of the Kon takes make any sense to me. Sion averaged more assists and more rebounds per game than Kon, but yet I am supposed to believe he is some triple double threat do it all wing just hiding in plain sight?

but hey let's ignore 90% of the season and look at the one game Kon played without Flagg vs a terrible Georgia Tech team. Newsflash the ACC was terrible, 4 teams made the tourney and 3 of them lost in the round of 64.

There are soooo many red flags for him that so many people are ignoring.
- Doesn't draw fouls
- Poor rebounder for his size
- Assists low for a guy getting sold as a playmaker at the next level
- Profiles as bad athlete
- Measured smaller than listed with a terrible wingspan
- Profiles as a poor defender
- Doesn't shoot 3s off the dribble
- 2 Dunks all year on 5 attempts
- Limited handle
- limited tape of him changing direction

vs the positives
- great catch and shoot 3
- nice kid
- good free throw shooter
- low turnover
- good weight

[countryboi]

your tone vs how causal this conversation is doesn't match, I'm not feeling it

[Liver_Pooty]

Bout time people start getting angry over some prospects.

[Chapelchilla]

Bout time people start getting angry over some prospects.

lol, especially since I don't think he is getting drafted at 4 anyway.
If we trade back though......

[JustBuzzin]

4 pages for a guy we are not even considering is wild lol

[KingCat]

4 pages for a guy we are not even considering is wild lol

Was thinking the same exact thing haha. People are acting like we are picking 8th this draft.

[JustBuzzin]

4 pages for a guy we are not even considering is wild lol

Was thinking the same exact thing haha. People are acting like we are picking 8th this draft.

VJ/Ace/Tre

Everyone else seems unrealistic.

[Liver_Pooty]

I do not want us to draft him, but I wouldn't be pissed like I was last year when we took Salaun. Hes definitely a sleeper pick.

[EmpireFalls]

4 pages for a guy we are not even considering is wild lol

Was thinking the same exact thing haha. People are acting like we are picking 8th this draft.

It’s not out of the question that we’d trade back, to be fair.

[KembaWalker]

tbf JP drafted a guy last draft that didnt have a thread here till the day of the draft or so iirc
probably should hedge yourselves and not fall in love with one guy. Kon is 100% in play for us at 4

[driveandkick]

4 pages for a guy we are not even considering is wild lol

I would not be so sure about this

[JDR720]

He's in the group of 4 players who we could realistically draft. And at least 3 of these guys will definitely be available.

Tre/VJ/Ace/Kon

And you can make the argument that he's the best fit offensively with this current group we have. 3pt shooting/secondary ball handler.