The NBA Rookie of the Year battle between the Charlotte Hornets' Kon Knueppel and the Dallas Mavericks' Cooper Flagg is heating up as the 2025-26 NBA season rages on. Now, he sat down on The Tonight Show to talk about being named Rookie of the Month alongside Flagg, according to a post on X from The Tonight Show. Expand Tweet

Knueppel discussed how Flagg texted him that day, while acknowledging that it was great to be honored as Rookie of the Month. Significantly, Knueppel and Flagg were college roommates, and both are now competing for the same honor. Knueppel has drawn comparisons to NBA veterans and stars for his outstanding play. So far, he is averaging 18.3 points per game while shooting 46.5 percent from the field, including 41.5 percent from beyond the arc. He is the thi

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