Kon Knueppel Scouting Report

Kon Knueppel (2025) Scouting Report

Kon Knueppel Player Profile:

From: Duke

Age: 19

Position: SF

Height: 6’7”

Weight: 215 lbs

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Strengths:

Offense:

- Perfect, repeatable shooting mechanics

- Knockdown shooter from beyond the arc

- Great mid-range shooter

- Elite shooter off the catch

- Sniper off the dribble

- Can knock it down off of stepbacks, spins and fades

- Good off-ball movement

- High offensive IQ

- Scores in the flow of the offense

- Super patient

- Only takes the right shots

- Efficient scorer

- Has the strength to back down defenders

- Handles contact well

- Respectable low-post scorer

- Sees the floor well

- Makes great reads

- Efficient passer

- Projects well as a secondary playmaker

Defense:

- Great positional size

- Good rebounder for his position

- High defensive IQ

- High energy

- Projects as a solid team defender

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Weaknesses:

Offense:

- Lacks athletic burst

- Struggles to finish above the rim

- Struggles to get by anyone smaller than him

Defense:

- Poor lower body movement

- Doesn’t make use of his length

- Lacks fluidity

- Athletic…limitations?

- Struggles to defend in space

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Player Projections:

Floor: Taurean Prince / Rotation player

Ceiling: Jared Dudley / Very good role player

Realistic: Max Strus / Starting caliber

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Analysis: