Kon Knueppel was the No. 4 pick in the NBA draft. The Charlotte Hornets selected the Duke freshman three picks after the Dallas Mavericks took his college teammate Cooper Flagg with the top pick.
Knueppel made an immediate impression on NBA fans when he was joined by his brothers Kager, Kinston, Kash and Kidman on the side of the stage to be interviewed by ESPN's Monica McNutt. The Knueppel brothers were all wearing different color suits and looked very... uniform. They also stood next to each other in order of ascending height.
THE FLYING KNUEPPEL BROTHERS!
Kon Knueppel sharing the moment with his fam 🥺 https://t.co/ce80A7TiPq pic.twitter.com/QAO4PUYOiY
— NBA (@NBA) June 26, 2025
Fans on social media were enthralled.
Kon Knueppel and his siblings are just a Pokemon progression
— Jaekob Ham (@jaekob_ham) June 26, 2025
The Knueppel brothers dressed like Color Me Badd, HOF career loading pic.twitter.com/KgcpZ0TEF2
— yc (@yc) June 26, 2025
knueppel brothers pic.twitter.com/2wiQeyxg8l
— ysl obama (@LSYeirbag) June 26, 2025
The suits, the more bars in more places ad, incredible pic.twitter.com/3DkEFpWtTh
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) June 26, 2025
Kon Knueppel's brothers look like a group of TikTok creators who go to Walmart and get on the intercom pic.twitter.com/H6qxZqc5Ya
— Spike Eskin (@SpikeEskin) June 26, 2025
As mentioned on the broadcast, Knueppel's father and uncles (Kon, Klint, Klay, and Kole) won a three-on-three basketball tournament under the name "Flying Knueppel Brothers." Now that we all have that information, it's just a matter of waiting to see how many of the new generation of Knueppel boys end up in the NBA.
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