In the Ringer's latest NBA mock draft by J. Kyle Mann, Knueppel is projected to go No. 5 overall to the Utah Jazz. Aside from him and Flagg going in the first five picks, Mann also projected that fellow five-star Duke freshman Khaman Maluach will be a top 10 pick, as he had him slated to go one pick after Knueppel to the Washington Wizards.

The Brooklyn Nets are one of the teams at the 2025 NBA Draft Combine this week and one of the players they met with was Duke forward Kon Knueppel.

While much of the attention leading up to this year’s NBA draft is centered around Cooper Flagg—widely expected to be selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Mavericks—there are several other notable prospects with immense potential.