{"id":573107,"date":"2026-01-31T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/573107\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:02:15","slug":"duke-hornets-star-kon-knueppels-brother-kager-picks-up-d-i-basketball-offer-from-big-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/573107\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke, Hornets star Kon Knueppel’s brother Kager picks up D-I basketball offer from Big Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke, Hornets star Kon Knueppel’s brother Kager picks up D-I basketball offer from Big Ten<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kon Knueppel has paved the path for his brothers.<\/p>\n

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The former Duke Blue Devils and current Charlotte Hornets<\/a> star is the oldest of five boys, and he has proven himself first at the Division I level and now as an NBA rookie.<\/p>\n

His brothers’ names: Kager, Kinston, Kash, Kidman.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel set all-time NBA record as Duke rookie foes<\/a><\/p>\n

Kager is up next, and he’s a rising star in the high school ranks at Wisconsin Lutheran.<\/p>\n

According to Wisconsin Basketball Yearbrook’s Mark Miller, Kager has picked up a big-time Division I scholarship offer, too: Purdue.<\/p>\n

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As Miller notes, Kager is 6-foot-9, already taller than his older brother.<\/p>\n

He’s currently a 4-star recruit in the 247 Composite Rankings, 83rd nationally among the Class of 2027.<\/p>\n

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Before this, Kager was listed as having scholarship offers from DePaul and Toledo. Kager is actually the nephew of Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk.<\/p>\n

The offer from Purdue, which spent a portion of this college basketball season ranked No. 1 in the country, could open the floodgates for Kager. It often only takes one powerhouse scholarship offer to bring in a lot of the other big-name programs, too.<\/p>\n

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Kager will surely make the most of whatever chance he gets. He’s got a great role model to follow.<\/p>\n

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