It is with pride and joy that Duke can boast the success of rookies Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel in the NBA. Yet, Knueppel stepped into a leadership role as a fellow freshman and played a nearly flawless guard role for the Blue Devils, with Flagg playing forward. Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg were special from Day 1According to the story, Knueppel was one of the few willing to call out Flagg (or knock him down a peg when necessary) as early as preseason practices. "One preseason practice, which head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff still point to, Flagg didn’t have his best stuff. 1 pick and national player of the year: Get your head in the game, Cooper Flagg!"