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Kon Knueppel

Charlotte Hornets
Number #7
Position G-F
Age 21
Height 6-6
Weight 215LBS
Wingspan 78.25
Draft 2025 R1 Pick 4
Nationality USA
Born Aug 3, 2005
College / Team Duke

Key Insights

2025-26
His team is at its best with him and Moussa Diabate out there together
Moussa Diabate

Charlotte Hornets are 14.4 points per 100 possessions better with him and Moussa Diabate on the floor together than when that pair sits.

+14.5 net rating together vs +0.1 apart, over 1231 shared minutes. 99th percentile of 1864 qualifying duos, 2025 (both players rotation regulars).
This is the group that wins him minutes

With Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabate and Brandon Miller alongside him, that five outscores opponents by 22.6 points per 100 possessions.

132.1 offensive rating, 109.5 defensive, over 509 minutes, second chance. 100th percentile of 237 qualifying five-man units, 2025.
He and Grant Williams have gone off the boil lately
Grant Williams

Over the last 15 games he and Grant Williams are -26.7 points per 100 possessions, against +1.9 earlier in the season.

257 possessions in the window, 623 before it. 94th percentile of 875 qualifying duos over the last 15 games, 2025.
He takes a back seat when LaMelo Ball is on the floor
LaMelo Ball

His usage falls from 25.5% to 19.4% of the offence with LaMelo Ball on the floor.

3086 possessions together, 2261 apart. 98th percentile of 4366 usage shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.
He turns into a much bigger scorer when Sion James plays
Sion James

He scores 24.8 points per 75 possessions next to Sion James, against 18.7 without him.

2081 possessions together, 3266 apart. 98th percentile of 4366 scoring-rate shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.
They work when they play, and the coach barely plays them together
Josh Green

He and Josh Green are +13.4 points per 100 possessions together, and share the floor for only 39% of the time the less-used of them is on it.

318 shared minutes, 646 possessions together. 96th percentile of qualifying 2-man groups, 2025.

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Combine & Bio Data
DOB Aug 3, 2005
Birth Country USA
Draft 2025 (R1 / P4)
College Duke
Wingspan 78.25
Standing Reach 101.5
Hand Length 8.5