Kon Knueppel's Rookie Season: Hot Start, Cool Finish

On April 20th, Khan Newepple, the former Duke Blue Devil, just wrapped a breakout rookie

year with the Charlotte Hornets, straight dominating from, deep.

He led the entire NBA and three-pointers made, lighting it up like few rookies ever have.

That said, things cooled off down the stretch.

In the two-play internament games, he scored just 17 points total with only one three-pointer,

a far cry from his earlier fire.

Khan Newepple owned it straight up, saying no excuses.

He just hit a rough patch over the last two weeks of the season when the lights were

brightest.

Sometimes the shots don't fall, even after a hot year.

Dig into the numbers, and it's still a monster campaign, across 81 games, 18.5 points,

5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 0.7 steals per game.

He drained 42.5% from beyond the arc on 7.9 attempts nightly, more than double what

league leader Luke Henter took.

At 3.1, Fatigue crept in late, but Newepple proved he's built for the long haul, setting

the table for an even bigger, sophomore splash next season.

That's the story for today.

Charlotte Hornets News Today, driven by AI.

I'm Koring with the story.