Duke Target Kager Knueppel Shares Difference From Brother Kon

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer has been involved with a few recruits in the 2027 recruiting class, and one of them has family ties to the Duke program.

The Blue Devils have offered two high-profile 2027 prospects: 5-star guard Beckham Black, brother of current Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black, and 4-star big man Kager Knueppel, brother of former Blue Devil Kon Knueppel.

Wisconsin Lutheran High School’s Kager Knueppel (1) reacts after hitting a 3-pointer against Appleton North High School during a Division 1 semifinal game at the WIAA state boys basketball tournament on Friday, March 20, 2026, at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin Lutheran won the game, 68-61. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin | Tork Mason / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Kon spent the 2024-25 season with Duke as the Robin to Batman Cooper Flagg and was one of the most productive wings in college basketball. Knueppel averaged 14.4 points on 47.9% shooting from the field and 40.6% shooting from three-point range on 5.3 attempts a night.

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The 6’6″ wing was a key piece to Duke’s ACC Tournament title run, in which Knueppel won ACC Tournament MVP, and the team’s Final Four run. Following his lone season in Durham, Kon declared for the 2025 NBA Draft, where he was selected fourth overall by the Charlotte Hornets, immediately becoming a cornerstone piece of a young Hornets club.

Apr 5, 2025; San Antonio, TX, USA; Duke Blue Devils guard Kon Knueppel (7) drives against Houston Cougars guard Emanuel Sharp (21) in the semifinals of the men’s Final Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images | Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images

In his rookie year, Knueppel averaged 18.5 points on 42.5% shooting from beyond the arc on 7.9 attempts per game, leading the NBA in threes made and setting the NBA rookie record with 273 total made three-pointers.

Knueppel finished second in NBA Rookie of the Year voting to none other than Flagg, the 2025 draft’s No. 1…

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