The Kon vs Flagg debate tells you a lot about how people evaluate basketball.
Kon's probably the best off-ball rookie scorer I've ever seen, having the best 3pt shooting season of any rookie ever and the best current season from behind the arc.
Cooper's a very good player, but there's nothing he does that is as elite as Kon's off-ball threat. Kon is also a solid defender, a capable playmaker, and requires a much lower usage to impact the game in a way somebody like Cooper Flagg can.
Cooper's ceiling is ridiculous and he's so young, but this is Kon's award to lose.
Rookies aren’t supposed to walk into the League and rewrite the record books. With confidence, composure and a clip that never cools, Kon Knueppel’s tilting games and the trajectory in Charlotte. The rookie sensation covers SLAM 261.
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