Weird the Pelicans have two guys on this list and they’ve benched both of them.

Kon should be rookie of the year

Kon is killing it.

Also LOVING Queen at #4. Lets go Terps!

Maxime !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leading the rookie class with 11 double-double

Kon “Larry Bird” Knueppel

My ROTY flagg ain’t doing what he’s doing

Kon is the no brainer choice for ROY. He is shooting 49/44/90 on the season as a rookie on legit volume. He is a pretty good defender as well. 

Flagg has played 9 fewer games and is shooting worse in every category. There really is no argument lol.

I don’t personally see a case for Flagg over Knueppel. Knueppel’s impact on Charlotte’s record has been much better than Flagg’s on Dallas’s record. Flagg is amazing and I wish he played for my team, but Knueppel would have my vote if I got one.

Kon is currently chasing the 50-40-90 club with shooting splits of .489 / .436 / .893, while simultaneously leading the entire league in three-pointers made with 201 (putting him on pace for over 280). This is a jaw-dropping level of performance that is absolutely unprecedented—not just for a rookie, but in the entire history of the NBA, even including superstars in their prime.

It goes without saying that maintaining a high field goal percentage is significantly easier when you limit your three-point attempts to a moderate level. Excluding Larry Bird in the 1980s—who led the league with a mere 90 makes—the only person to ever achieve this is Stephen Curry. Specifically, the 2015-16 ‘Unanimous MVP’ version of Curry, who played a different brand of basketball entirely, staying half a step ahead of the rest of the world.

Aside from them, every other member of the 50-40-90 club reached the milestone on far lower volume: Steve Nash maxed out at 179 makes, Kyrie Irving at 152, Kevin Durant and Reggie Miller at 120-130, Malcolm Brogdon at 100, Mark Price at 93, and Dirk Nowitzki at just 70. Even if Kon narrowly misses the 50-40-90 mark by a hair, it does not diminish the sheer greatness of this season.

When compared to the ‘near-misses’ of legends like Jose Calderon, Steve Nash, Chris Paul, or Kawhi Leonard—who might have fallen short by a measly 0.5% in field goal percentage or a tiny fraction in free throws—those players were only making between 80 to 150 three-pointers in those respective seasons. What Kon is doing right now is simply on another level.

Kon for roty

the level of gaslighting by some people who tell you it should be flagg is fascinating

if flagg comes back soon hes quite obviously winning it. if he misses the next 10-15 games let alone the rest of the season the award goes to kon

Well earned.

King Kon > Pooper Flagg

I’ll give it to Kon for now, since Cooper has been injured.

People are such prisoners of the moment. Kon is having a great rookie year, and he’s better than I expected, even though I was higher than some pre-draft.

A lot of the people riding him now were saying he’d struggle to translate to the NBA. If Flagg ends up not available for a lot of these games near the end of the season, it’s fair to give Kon the award for availability and more immediate effectiveness in his #2 or #3 option role, but he’s got four players on his roster that are similar or higher usage options offensively. The spacing on Charlotte’s roster is incomparably better than the Mavericks.

Flagg is being asked to carry a garbage roster while 1.5 years younger (Bron rookie age, basically). I’m not saying that makes him ROTY. If he doesn’t return and continue his jump in numbers since DEC, then Flagg wouldn’t deserve to win. However, to suggest Kon is the better player long term as a few have in this thread is absolutely laughable. Every single NBA decision maker would unquestionably take Flagg over Kon.

Fair to have cmb at that spot.

His offense has not been good lately however hes not healthy.

I think a couple of players may be better than Kon eventually down the line, but to me he’s definitely ROTY.

Kon Knueppel Klub stand up

I think they are going to shut down Flagg if there are still signs of discomfort on his return.

man The Big Areola is really fun to watch

Been a great rookie class this season.

Coward 4th in PPG for rookies but 7th on the ladder despite these things always being mostly dictated by PPG.

We’re getting co rookie of the year with Flagg and Knueppel like Grant Hill and Jason Kidd whatever year that was.

This is because Flagg is currently injured and Kon has been killing it. It makes sense but I wouldn’t be surprised if Flagg retakes that number one spot if he comes back and starts playing like he was before he got hurt.

People are quick to forget how good he was starting to look on both ends of the floor before he got hurt.

Flagg and kon are pretty close, obviously Flagg has the higher ceiling as a premier two way player but kons just killing it offensively rn, on a team that’s been the #1 offense for the last 20 games. That’s not nothing.

Dude is a stud. I think we are going to look back in 5 years in shock and wonder how the hell that Duke team couldn’t win the title.

Kon and Flagg have both been so damn good this year, and its a bummer that Flagg is hurt now of all times too

Kon is the RoY!

No other rookie has ever lead the entire league in 3pt shots made before. He’s also shooting it at 43%.

Flagg is great don’t get me wrong but this race genuinely should not be particularly close. Kon is averaging 19 ppg on 65% TS! It’s insane.

Re-post and expansion from another thread, but worth pointing out in the Kon/Cooper debate:

Per game:

Cooper: 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists = 31.1 composite
Kon: 19.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists = 28.2 composite

Per 36:

Cooper: 21.5 points, 6.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists = 32.8 composite
Kon: 21.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists = 31.8 composite

Per 100 possessions:

Cooper: 28.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 5.7 assists = 43 composite
Kon: 29.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists = 43.5 composite

Kon’s per game stats are deflated because the Hornets tend to blow out teams in wins and play at a slower pace. His efficiency is also much, much higher — to the point where he’s already one of the most accurate players in the league.

Knueppel’s usage is at 22.4%, Cooper’s is at 25.1%. Not really light-years apart.

Kon’s defense is very solid and the Hornets have been top-10 on that end since December. That’s without a lock-down POA defender, largely because they compete very hard on that end.

There’s an argument for Cooper as the primary creator, and Flagg can certainly end up as the more impactful player, but it’s not like Kon is a finished product either — he’s certainly shown enough to suggest that he could be a primary guy within a few years. Trying to project career production is tricky.

They’re both great players, and if Cooper comes back on a heater like he was playing in February I think he wins it. But right now it’s Kon’s.

Seriously tho, if we redid this draft, would any of y’all be taking Akon over Copper? Serious question

Agree with the first 3 but they kinda lose me after that

NOP low key has a really promising roster, with

• Zion
• Trey Murphy
• Herb Jones
• DQ
• Jeremiah Fears
• Dejounte Murray
• Kevon Looney
• Jordon Poole

A good mix of youth and vets.. NOP what gives, why is the team not better..

Well deserved

Kinda sad that Tyrese Proctor is the odd man out of the Duke trio, any Cavs fan wanna chime in ? I very rarely watch a Cavs game so I haven’t heard what happened to him.

Flagg is better in literally every stat. This is just cheap clickbait.

1. Kon Knueppel. 7.75.

2. VJ Edgecombe. 4.83.

3. Cooper Flagg. 2.34.

4. Ryan Kalkbrenner. 2.14.

5. Dylan Cardwell. 1.75.

6. Derik Queen. 0.28.

7. Collin Murray-Boyles. -0.17.

8. Egor Demin. -1.02.

9. Cedric Coward. -2.28.

10. Tre Johnson. -2.98.

IMO it should be Ben Simmons

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When it’s on, loco head gon lay low

And heat it like beef patty, coco bread kon queso

Kon could average 60 pts per game for the rest of the season and he’s still not winning it over Cooper, relax

Ace is at 15, 5, and 2 in his last 19 games. I’m glad the haters are nowhere to be seen anymore, and I’m thrilled that there’s a strong chance he makes an All Rookie team when I didn’t think it would be possible back in early November.

Imagine trading away your franchise cornerstone for peanuts, getting gifted the #1 overall pick, then not even picking the best player in the draft

first of all, Kon’s simply better than Flagg rn

more importantly, he’s actually playing games rn

most importantly, he’s winning games rn. Flagg hasn’t won a game since ¹⁄₂₂. his team that everyone disparages to gas him up is winning without him.