NBA season, Blue Devils across the league are making their names known to varying capacities. The Blue Zone highlights three former Duke stars.

Knueppel was brilliant in an otherwise deflating loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. He showed his full complement of talents, dicing up Indiana on offense while providing adequate defense against the Pacers' plethora of athletic perimeter scorers.

Kon Knueppel's mother, Chari Nordgaard Knueppel, made a worrying confession about her son's matchup against the French star, Rudy Gobert.

There is good news tonight for NBA rookie Kon Knueppel who during a recent away game in his hometown of Milwaukee, he invited the entire Charlotte Hornets’ team to his parents’ house. NBC News’ Sam Brock on how the home cooked meal made mom and dad the MVP’s of that night.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/draft as Rookie Kon Knueppel is Again Defying Expectations. At each stop in his basketball career, Kon Knueppel has shattered expectations. From preps play, to a singular season with Duke and now the NBA, Knueppel’s proven time and again he doesn’t have the ceiling others put on him.

Following the Hornets' 131-116 loss to the LA Clippers, James Harden dished high praise to Knueppel, who finished with 26 points on 9-for-12 shooting.

With the hot start to the season for Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel, one analyst compares him to that of Devin Booker and Klay Thompson.

The Top 5 is mostly unchanged as a pair of former Duke teammates -- Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg -- bolster their case.

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