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Kon Knueppel heard his name called early enough during the NBA recovery on Wednesday evening.
The Charlotte Hornets selected the former Duke Blue Devils star with the choice n ° 4. He made three choices after his teammate, Cooper Flagg, was taken n ° 1 by the Dallas Mavericks.
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Kon Knueppel, on the right, stands with the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, after being selected as fourth choice by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the NBA 2025 draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, June 25, 2025. (Images of Brad Penner-Imagn)
Kueppel was with his brothers when he spoke to ESPN after the selection and congratulated the Lord for being able to become a professional.
“I mean that it is such a blessing of God to be able to enter the NBA, but to be able to share it with your family is beyond understanding. It is such a special moment for us and for me,” he said.
Kash Knueppel was one of the four brothers of Kon who was with him on the evening of the draft. He was asked to protect his brother.
“It’s great. He’s a blessing from God. He will have fun-every minute. It will be great to look at him from his home,” he said.
Duke Blue Devils Kon Knueppel goalkeeper, n ° 7, during a training session for the last four of the 2025 NCAA tournament in Alamodome in San Antonio on April 4, 2025. (Bob Donnan-Imagn images)
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Kon Knuppel briefly mentioned his Christian faith in an interview with Rivals in February 2023. He said that it was a great reason why he was considering Virginia at the time before he decided to join Duke. Tony Bennett was the horse-drawn head coach at the time.
“I told a few people that, but when I visited my visit there, the coach (Tony) Bennett said he wanted me to know that Virginia is a denominational program,” he said at the time. “This is something that has remained with me, being a Christian.
“It’s something that is really important to me, so it was great to hear and something I don’t always hear. They also have an excellent program. They have been the best of ACC for a long time.”
File – The duke’s goalkeeper Kon KNUPPEL, # 7, shoots the goalkeeper of Syracuse JJ Starling, n ° 2, in the first half of a university basketball match of the NCAA in Syracuse, New York, on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. (Photo / adrian kraus, file)
KNUEPPEL played a season in Duke. He collected an average of 14.4 points and 4 rebounds per game.
