Jeff Teague says Kon Knueppel has been MORE IMPRESSIVE than Cooper Flagg as NBA rookie | Club 520
Jeff Teague, DJ Wells, and B Hen debate the NBA Rookie of the Year battle between former Duke teammates Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. Flagg looks like a generational superstar, but Jeff is more impressed with Kon as he is only averaging one less point than Flagg on a team full of people who want to shoot the basketball, and he quickly asserted himself as the guy in Charlotte. The Hornets are competing for a playoff spot where Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks are in tank mode.
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Did they bring up the kd burner at all
I’m not mad at that
Thurl Bailey…😂 nah I'm bullshitting…honestly he plays like no one at this moment. I see a little bit of a lot of OG games. Only cause of his size he reminds me of a much more athletic Detlef Schrimp (sp?), Shareef Abdur Rahim, I can see a little Scottie Pippen…his impact is reminding me of Jason Richardson (White Chocolate)when he surprised a lot of people
Coop’s highs clears Kon’s highs but Kon has been consistent the whole way through so it’s tricky
Disagree. Fuck em both cause i hate duke but coop got real pressure on him to perform and be a franchise player
NBA was so different back then though, AK didn't have the freedom. And he was def dunking on dudes.
Flaggs 29FG attempts vs Kon 16 attempts during that hornetz game but yeah def gonna be Flaggs ROTY would love to see KON win tho
Some reason I got the Nuggets, but Cavs with James might be the best option out the East.
I'm rolling JT should wait til next season. Terrible ideA to come back at the point it is.
Not better than VJ Edgecomb
Why don’t you ask Teague if Kon is more impressive than rookie LeBron? 😂😂😂 All his logic would apply equally to LeBron as well
When I said he wasn’t the best player in his own team at duke I got called every name in the book. Kon is a better offensive player and it’s not even close. Them numbers sound good when there’s no one else in the building. Small the highlites in that clip were tough buckets. Wheb is he gonna make the game easy like kon. Kon out here just moving freely getting buckets. Not a lot of touches
Melo did win rookie of the year
JT def don’t fw Flagg cause ain’t no way he thinks this
It’s gone be wicked if Tatum pop out in the playoffs
Coby White was on the Hornets bench the other night when Kon was hitting 3's like a vet and he just kept shaking his head smiling. Like HE couldn't believe what he's seeing.
Knueppel avg a 50-40-90 in his rookie year is insane. In the words of ol' boy, "Stop playing!" 😄. That is rather Stephen-esque. Very much all-star caliber.
Literally with my Melo cuse jersey on 😬
jeff outta pocket
Kon looks like a dad and coop look like Troy Bolten but a 2026 version
I'm not taking Cleveland seriously because we have more than enough data from the past few years telling us how this is probably gonna go. They've gotten shoved around in the playoffs every year the past several years, and who did they add? Infamous playoff sinker James harden.
How tho Coop is the first option as a rookie he has a heavier burden
Ppl thought I was crazy for saying this..but if u know ball, you would know Konn was the MVP on that Duke team with Flagg. Facts💯
Pipen mixed with kahwi
Bobby P. 6th Man
You high jeff
Kon is having one of the best offensive rookie seasons we’ve seen in decades, and I don’t think people fully appreciate it.
His impact isn’t about counting stats — it’s about efficiency, spacing, and shot gravity. The stylistic comparison isn’t high-usage rookies; it’s elite off-ball scorers like prime Reggie Miller. Metrics that emphasize offensive value and efficiency rate him among the top rookie seasons of the modern era.
When people pick Coop because of higher raw stats or defense, it feels like the classic Curry vs Kawhi debate — Kawhi gives you size and defense, but Curry’s offensive efficiency and gravity fundamentally change what a team can be. Kon’s rookie offense is that kind of outlier.
y'all trippin im ngl