Freshman star Kon Knueppel to leave Duke, enter NBA draft
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He's doing more than testing the waters.
Self disclosure I didn’t click the link. I try not to read anything ESPN associated. Are they wanting us to lower our flag to half mast or anything due to this news?
"Duke freshman Kon Knueppel announced Wednesday on social media that he will enter the 2025 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility."
¡Adios K-Nip!
¡Adios K-Nip!
From his statement:
"I realized however long me and my VERY close friend Cooper Flagg stayed at Duke, we would never beat Kentucky. So I might as well move on..."
"I realized however long me and my VERY close friend Cooper Flagg stayed at Duke, we would never beat Kentucky. So I might as well move on..."
He's a projected lottery pick in a lot of mock drafts so he'd be dumb not to go.
Did you get that from the article posted saying he is entering the draft and forgoing his remaining eligibility?
How is this kid soooo much better than Koby Brea. Yes, he can shoot and has a good feel of the game but is he lottery pick good as some pundits have suggested?? If he is a lottery pick then I think Koby should go first round. I don't get the hype on Knueppel.
Being several years younger than Brea helps. Remember the whole “drafts on potential” thing? It’s about who the player is expected to become in the future more than who he is today.
Scouts view Brea’s potential as largely tapped out.
He's doing more than testing, he's swimming in it, drinking it and swallowing it...he gone.
I feel as though we were only able to scratch the surface of nipple related jokes in his short time at dUKe.
Mock drafts have him going like 7. Kinda a no brainer for him leaving. Maluak is also in top ten. Just shows how bad a job Scheyer did this year. He is like Cal lite!!
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The list of Duke studs without a title that were heavily favored to win one continues to grow.
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Plus he's quicker, can get to the basket better and shoots it well from every spot on the floor. Btw giving a Duke guy that compliment makes me nauseas. Surprised they didn't get him the ball at all during the end of their FF game.
He's not testing the waters. He's foregoing the rest of his college eligibility to turn pro.
I honestly hope they keep trying to make 1AD and freshman work. Scheyer is not the guy for it.
I don’t think there is a guy for it. It’s hard to win with freshman. I’m glad Duke is going for it and I hope they go even more for it.
I still think Cal was the best at it, and he was cloest to doing it in 2012 (one could argue he DID do it in 2012). I think if he got the treatment that Duke gets from the officials and NCAA, he'd probably have a 2nd title with either the 2014 or 2015 team.
But I also understand that a lot of years, it was even too much for him, largely due to his coaching.
Cal didn’t get enough credit for how good he brought those freshman together back then. It was masterful work in the chemistry department.
No I get most of my information about cillege hoops here, and that hadn't been posted yet
Cal was. But Fisher beat him to it at Michigan. They didn't win a title but they got to the title game starting 5 freshmen. Granted, 3 of those guys were career NBA players and Webber was in consideration for MVP a couple times.
That is true. Have to give them some credit for getting there by truly relying on the fab 5.
Hard to believe Maluach got ZERO rebounds in their loss to Houston. I’ve seen where he’s listed in the top 10 also. I don’t follow the nba at all but, I thought the nba didn’t put a priority on big guys anymore.