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NBA Draft Viewers Loved Kon Knueppel’s Well-Dressed and Well-Organized Brothers
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!
— NBA (@NBA) June 26, 2025
Kon Knueppel sharing the moment with his fam 🥺 https://t.co/ce80A7TiPq pic.twitter.com/QAO4PUYOiY
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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Stephen Douglas is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in media since 2008 and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Douglas spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and previously wrote for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.