{"id":609755,"date":"2026-02-18T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609755\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:28:16","slug":"twitter-gold-the-greek-freak-likes-what-he-sees-in-kon-knueppel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609755\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Gold: The Greek Freak Likes What He Sees In Kon Knueppel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hornetsreddit\/status\/2023842860743729240?s=10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:I;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">I<\/a>n last summer\u2019s NBA Draft, Cooper Flagg went first to Dallas, Rutgers\u2019 Dylan Harper second to San Antonio, Baylor\u2019s V.J. Edgecombe third to Philly and Flagg\u2019s Duke teammate Kon Knueppel fourth to Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In retrospect, San Antonio might have made a mistake. He would have been a great fit with Victor Wembanyama and more importantly, he would have fit in philosophically with what the Spurs have always looked for: smart, team-oriented players.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Too late now. And anyway, Knueppel has been great with the Hornets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After they picked him, a lot of people thought he had gone too soon, but someone with the team \u2013 we can\u2019t remember who \u2013 said they thought they might have gotten the best player in the draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s still early, but they might be right, and at a minimum, almost everyone underestimated Knueppel\u2019s impact. He\u2019s been a revelation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s been fun to watch people realize his impact. In this video from All-Star Weekend, Milwaukee\u2019s Giannis Antetokounmpo spends a little time talking to Knueppel. He demonstrates a move and compliments Knueppel, a rookie, for understanding something that a lot of players have never figured out.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Antetokounmpo goes on to say that Knueppel is<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hornetsreddit\/status\/2023842860743729240?s=10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:one of the smartest rookies he\u2019s ever seen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> one of the smartest rookies he\u2019s ever seen <\/a>and that, in so many words, his future is bright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At the end, Knueppel, a Milwaukee native, is clearly excited that the hometown hero is impressed. Who wouldn\u2019t be?<\/p>\n<p> Go to the DBR Boards to find Blue Healer Auctions |  <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/mailto:jdking@mindspring.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drop us a line;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drop us a line<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In last summer\u2019s NBA Draft, Cooper Flagg went first to Dallas, Rutgers\u2019 Dylan Harper second to San Antonio,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,3878,225,686,226,3279,127,123,685,81049,968,102,121,6,969,3209,693,1980],"class_list":{"0":"post-609755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlottehornets","12":"tag-cooper-flagg","13":"tag-dallas","14":"tag-dylan-harper","15":"tag-edgecombe","16":"tag-fiserv-forum","17":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","18":"tag-hornets","19":"tag-jeff-hanisch-imagn","20":"tag-kon-knueppel","21":"tag-milwaukee","22":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-san-antonio","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-victor-wembanyama","27":"tag-wisconsin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116091873327744736","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}