The Duke brotherhood is alive and well at the 2025 NBA Draft, with two Blue Devils stars getting taken in the top four: Cooper Flagg was picked first by the Dallas Mavericks, and a short while later, Kon Knueppel was selected as the No. 4 pick by the Charlotte Hornets.
The moment Knueppel was drafted by the Hornets was a particularly special one, as cameras caught Flagg's live reaction to hearing his former college teammate find a home in the pros. Flagg was in the middle of an interview with NBA reporter Taylor Rooks when Adam Silver called out Knueppel's name from the podium.
