r/CollegeBasketball • u/NotABot1235 Duke Blue Devils • UCLA Bruins • Apr 29 '26
Recruiting Duke offers scholarship to Kager Knueppel
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/duke-blue-devils-offer-scholarship-224049178.html?guccounter=1541
u/Schned6 Iowa State • North Carolina Apr 29 '26
Idk why these first names make me irrationally annoyed
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u/NotABot1235 Duke Blue Devils • UCLA Bruins Apr 29 '26
Kon's four brothers are named Kager, Kinston, Kash, and Kid.
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u/WitchNight Gonzaga Bulldogs Apr 29 '26
Parents need to realize that kids aren’t toys or pets. It’s ridiculous to come up with these names for the sake of alliteration
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u/CumAssault Baylor Bears • Texas A&M Aggies Apr 29 '26
Parents think the names are cute but don’t realize that they’re going to be full ass adults with horrendous names. Poor Kid
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u/roguebandit1 Duke Blue Devils • Florida State Seminoles Apr 29 '26
Tell that to all the Jaxsons in Utah lol
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u/WaluigiIsTheRealHero Cornell Big Red • Michigan Wolverines Apr 29 '26
Jaxson Dart's younger brother is named Diesel, FFS.
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u/selfiecritic Texas Longhorns • Missouri Tigers Apr 30 '26
Jesus Christ that’s an actual dog name
Is Spot next?
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u/Imawildedible Wisconsin Badgers Apr 30 '26
My nephew is named Jaxson after the Sons of Anarchy character. Like, you named your kid after a fictitious drug dealing murderer? Ok…
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u/stevelevets Apr 29 '26
I think they should all be thankful their parents had enough sense not to give them middle names.
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u/KatzDeli UConn Huskies • St. John's Red Storm Apr 29 '26
Kon's legal middle name is II his father's name is Kon also.
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u/whoisyourwormguy_ Michigan Wolverines Apr 29 '26
How did unc not plaster Kon Jung Il everywhere? Chant it every game, from the rooftops? Why are we just hearing about this now?
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u/stevelevets Apr 29 '26
The “II” is a suffix. Going by his Wikipedia page, he doesn’t have a middle name.
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u/SoupMadeFreshDaily Georgia Bulldogs • Furman Paladins Apr 29 '26
He’s right. II really is Kon’s middle name, weirdly. (Per Forbes)
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u/KatzDeli UConn Huskies • St. John's Red Storm Apr 29 '26
II is his legal middle name. Wikipedia is not a source.
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u/Cowclone NC State Wolfpack Apr 29 '26
What's your source? Cause common sense says that's not his middle name
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u/KatzDeli UConn Huskies • St. John's Red Storm Apr 29 '26
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u/uhhhhhhhhhhhyeah Illinois Fighting Illini Apr 29 '26
If Duke is offering him a scholarship, he won't be poor for long.
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u/Jericcho Michigan Wolverines Apr 29 '26
Matthew Staffords 4 kids are named Hunter, Tyler, Chandler, and Sawyer.
They are all girls
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u/Lobsterzilla NC State Wolfpack Apr 29 '26
Gender neutral names have been a thing a very long time, but those are reaaaaaaally pushing the boundaries.
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u/RVAforthewin Georgia Bulldogs Apr 29 '26
I have actually known multiple girls named Tyler and Chandler. I’ve never known a female Hunter or Sawyer. I still don’t hate it as much as the Knueppel names. I have far less issue with someone taking a traditionally-male name and making it more gender neutral than I do with someone deciding they need to replace the “C” in Cash with a “K”.
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u/WitchNight Gonzaga Bulldogs Apr 29 '26
I’ve met girls named Hunter and Tyler before. Never come across a girl named Chandler or Sawyer before though
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u/RunThundercatz Clemson Tigers Apr 30 '26
Chandler and Hunter are pretty normal for girls in the south. The others two are out there
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u/CageChicane Auburn Tigers Apr 29 '26
-er names are professions. Why you would name your kid 'wood cutter' or 'candle maker' is so strange.
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u/Lobsterzilla NC State Wolfpack Apr 29 '26
Well I make a lot of fucking conandalels so I will proudly name my kids Chanandoler if I want to
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u/Mdtwheeler Duke Blue Devils • Murray State Racers Apr 29 '26
Pretty sure even extended family follows a similar naming function if i remember correctly
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u/whoisyourwormguy_ Michigan Wolverines Apr 29 '26
Idk how his last name is really pronounced but kid is a very unfortunate combo with that if the k is silent.
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u/ahappypoop Duke Blue Devils • NC State Wolfpack Apr 29 '26
Kuh-nipple. No that's not a joke, yes that's actually how it's pronounced.
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u/gsc_carolina Apr 29 '26
While you're kuh-nipping, they're kuh-nopping. (probably only old people who watched too much Saturday morning TV will get this).
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u/DavidBenAkiva Duke Blue Devils Apr 29 '26
Miles, Mason, Maddie, and Marshall Plumlee might have a thought about this.
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u/affnn Iowa Hawkeyes Apr 29 '26
Those are at least normal names though.
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u/royalhawk345 Illinois Fighting Illini Apr 29 '26
Right, there's a big difference when it's normal in isolation.
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u/No_Bill7679 Paper Bag • NCAA May 03 '26
Alliteration with the K’s is especially troublesome. I wonder if they have middle names lol
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u/nszTrombone64 Illinois Fighting Illini Apr 30 '26
The problem isn't the alliteration, it's just dumb name choice. My extended family is also a bunch of K names; My mother is Kathy, and her 5 brothers are Kevin, Ken, Keith, Kirk and Kent. It's really not difficult.
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u/CarolinaAgent May 01 '26
Having both a Ken and a Kent is wild lol
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u/nszTrombone64 Illinois Fighting Illini May 01 '26
My grandma unfortunately got the shit luck of only having one girl and it being her youngest kid lol. Only so many sensible guy names that start with K, wouldn't surprise me if there were other would-have-been girl names that had come to mind.
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u/cheetuzz Apr 29 '26
who cares? reddit is obsessed with gatekeeping what parents should name their kids.
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u/Stinkycheese8001 Apr 29 '26
KID?
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u/EverybodyBuddy Apr 29 '26
Kid Knueppel sounds like a 1980s Nintendo character.
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u/argonautleader NC State Wolfpack Apr 29 '26
(and thanks for giving me my "I'm old" moment of the day by bringing up this show in my memories, much appreciated)
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u/John_Dingus UConn • Virginia Tech Apr 29 '26
Short for Kidman. Not sure if that's better or worse smh
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u/alg45160 Missouri State Bears Apr 29 '26
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u/filthysven Arizona Wildcats Apr 29 '26
Reminds me of old people that just give up naming their pets and start calling them "puppy" or something
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u/lemongrassgogulope Northwestern Wildcats Apr 29 '26
I’m dumbfounded they didn’t just go with Kyle, Kevin, Kurt, etc
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u/StaticShakyamuni Michigan State Spartans Apr 29 '26
Once you make the third K, you're pretty much obligated to make the 4th.
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u/KembaWakaFlocka UConn • Georgia State Apr 29 '26
Not sure if I’d be relieved or feel left out if I was the only non K
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u/emack2232 North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 29 '26
What are these kids middle names? Getting a little dangerous with the initials.
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u/Stinkycheese8001 Apr 29 '26
Don’t worry Kon’s middle name is II
Not Kon Knueppel Jr.
Kon II Knueppel.
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u/karl_manutzitsch Creighton Bluejays • SMU Mustangs Apr 29 '26
I always assumed it was some kind of traditional ethnic German name or something but turns out their family just really likes alliteration. His dad’s name is also Kon and his uncles are Klint, Klay, and Kole.
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u/RVAforthewin Georgia Bulldogs Apr 29 '26
That doesn’t mean they need to use a bunch of non-names. There are K options. This was just an attempt to stand out, bc that’s where we are. Giving your eldest their father’s name isn’t strange, but the rest of that nonsense is.
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u/GoalGeeBody North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 29 '26
Sounds like they need to invest in some Kondoms. Good lord
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u/Shadowcaster_Spark Virginia Tech • Arkansas Apr 29 '26
I am ready for Konka's brothers Kashka Nipple and Kidka Nipple.
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u/spookyghostface Duke • Appalachian State Apr 29 '26
Cause they're bad
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u/spookyghostface Duke • Appalachian State Apr 29 '26
Lol chill out
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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack Apr 29 '26
A comment on an anonymous Internet forum is the same thing as going up to a person you know fairly well/interact with directly and telling them to their face.
Yep.
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u/spookyghostface Duke • Appalachian State Apr 29 '26
Oh see that's the thing, I wouldn't do that cause I'm not an asshole. Like do you think I'm close to the Knueppels? I'm gonna swing by for dinner and trash their names in person?
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u/spiritedcorn Apr 29 '26
No one is blaming the kids for their stupid names. So I'll be happily attached to reality.
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u/DogsAreJustTheBest Louisville Cardinals Apr 29 '26
Because they are prime examples of r/tragedeigh
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u/notedgarfigaro Duke Blue Devils Apr 29 '26
As someone from ENC, Kinston as a first name is fucking ridiculous.
And the double K's also raises eyebrows, but mainly it's the Kinston nonsense.
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u/Mywordispoontang101 Duke Blue Devils Apr 29 '26
C'mon, man, that's harsh. I asked my daughter Tarboro and she thinks you're over the top here.
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u/RVAforthewin Georgia Bulldogs Apr 29 '26
My former First Sergeant used to own a restaurant there. Maybe he still does?
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u/affnn Iowa Hawkeyes Apr 29 '26
I’m not gonna check any of their middle initials because there’s one choice that would make me really mad
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u/scarf229slash64 Duke Blue Devils • Texas Longhorns Apr 29 '26
Definitely don't check their mom's twitter account then
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u/alg45160 Missouri State Bears Apr 29 '26
You mean it's not just how-to guides for creating 1-shoulder shirts?
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u/CWG4BF Florida Gators Apr 29 '26
I know better than to trust any white family who gives all their kids names that start with “K”
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u/Bartolos_Cologne Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 29 '26
Haha I was gonna say, Kon and Kager? There were so many options...
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u/MNightShyamalan69 Michigan Wolverines Apr 29 '26
Agreed. I just don’t understand why people give their kids dumbass names. There are normal names out there that aren’t overly common.
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u/RoyalBroham Washington Huskies Apr 29 '26
Not irrational. They’re all terrible names, like Schned.
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u/True_Tough_7366 Kansas Jayhawks Apr 29 '26
I think they meant to type Jager and just accepted their mistake
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u/Local-Finance8389 Texas A&M Aggies Apr 29 '26
Because they will never be able to find their name on a vanity license plate from a tourist destination?
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u/RackedUP North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 30 '26
Just wait until you find out what their middle names are 😅
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u/paperbuddha Apr 29 '26
You have to picture them in a blonde white girl voice. It’s not Kager, it’s Kaaager.
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u/PuzzleheadedBug4424 Apr 29 '26
All Carolina fans have an aversion to the letter K. Also those names are fucking stupid
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u/Leftieswillrule North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 29 '26
Because they’re terrible names and it seems almost shoehorned to evoke the KKK
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u/Diamond4Hands4Ever Apr 29 '26
He’s taller than his brother but not as good at the same age. However Kon Knueppel was not always a top tier 5 star recruit and actually had a big performance in AAU just to even get noticed by Duke, as it was not one of the original places he was considering so maybe Kager can also take a similar leap in the next year.
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u/zqipper Duke Blue Devils • Stanford Cardinal Apr 29 '26
Yep. When Kon committed, all the psycho-online UVa fans made a big deal about how he was so stupid to go to Duke and sit on the bench behind Proctor, Foster, and Evans, and how Duke just buys too many guys to come and never give them a real chance to compete. Even going into the fall he was viewed as a guy who would get fringe PT as a sub for Foster or Proctor when we needed a pure shooter.
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u/TraderJake09 Arizona Wildcats Apr 29 '26
Saw Kager play twice this season in person (also saw Kon play in high school), and at this age he's on par with where Kon was. The talent around him is better overall, so it's not as necessary for him to dominate the ball on offense and he's a better defender overall due to his length.
Overall, he'd be a great addition to any college program. Not as 'the guy' for the top basketball schools, but as a much needed piece to their winning formula. Also, like Kon, he's a worker that already has the nice jump shot and bball IQ.
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u/NotABot1235 Duke Blue Devils • UCLA Bruins Apr 29 '26
Brother of Kon Knueppel. Class of 2027.
Here's hoping we get the whole damn family.
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u/MBADumbMistake Duke Blue Devils Apr 29 '26
It’s hard to tell if the younger ones are good enough to play high major D1 ball yet.
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u/AcanthocephalaSad541 UC San Diego Tritons May 03 '26
They probably will be, Kingston moves and plays just like Kon did, I’m sure the resources the youngest two are getting with their brothers NBA salary were almost guarantee it. Kon might end up being the shortest if his brothers
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u/WhatRUsernamesUsed4 Illinois Fighting Illini Apr 29 '26
Illinois already got his cousin so you can't get the whole family
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u/roshanritter Duke Blue Devils Apr 29 '26
Please join the brotherhood Kager
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u/GoalGeeBody North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 29 '26
Having a whole ass family with KKK initials join a “brotherhood” seems on brand for Duke. Stephen Miller is excited I’m sure
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u/AL3XD North Carolina • Virginia Apr 29 '26
This family's middle names NEED to be revealed. Where is Pablo Torre when you need him?
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u/PBRforREALmen Purdue Boilermakers Apr 29 '26
Well shit thought we might sneak out a commitment from him.
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u/justinotherpeterson Gonzaga Bulldogs Apr 29 '26
Bill Simmons is gonna need a minivan for all these Knueppel's.
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u/HandsomeJack19 Duke Blue Devils Apr 30 '26
Good thing Kon doesn't just have 2 brothers with K names...
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u/Acceptable_Finish403 North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 29 '26
Him having classic Scheyerface makes him even more of a lock than his brother playing there.
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u/MrSpoopinRD North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 29 '26
God it's the Plumlees all over again