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Podcast: The Best of the Sports Shop
Episode: Charlotte Hornets Win 7 Straight: Is Kon Knueppel The Rookie Of The Year? + Robert Kraft Snubbed From 2026 Hall of Fame Class
Description: Reese, Kmac, Pam and Alex discuss who the Rookie of the Year in the NBA should be and Robert Kraft not making the Hall of Fame.
Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and some other rookies have been balling. The Charlotte Hornets have been playing strong basketball lately as the team has gone on a seven-game winning streak, marking their longest win streak in about a decade. This surge has turned a record of around 23-28 into a legitimate push toward the play-in picture in the Eastern Conference. Analysts are calling the Hornets one of the NBA’s hottest tea...