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He would declare for the NBA draft and would be picked fourth overall by the Hornets, helping to turn their performance around for the 2025/26 season. Kon would ultimately lose a highly contested Rookie of the Year battle with fellow Blue Devil Cooper Flagg by one of the narrowest margins in league history.\nFunnily enough, despite having two basketball legends for parents, Kon didn’t show much interest in the sport until he got his hands on video game classics like NBA2K and NBA Jam. Kon became interested in the legends of the past and learned to love the game through its history. By high school, he was one of the most promising collegiate prospects in the country, and he fielded offers from many major Division One schools. Dale and Kon’s conversation covers the Hornets successful comeback season, the changing culture of the team and his journey from a close-knit, basketball crazy family to being a perimeter shooting phenom.\nCheck out Dirty Mo Media on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DirtyMoMedia  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising."},"annotations":[{"startTime":237.84,"endTime":245.78,"type":"car","title":"Hudson Hornet","url":"/cars/hudson/hornet","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/1952_Hudson_Hornet-2_%286059630677%29.jpg","quote":"...st off, I've grown up here, grew up a Charlotte's Hornet fan. They moved away. They become the bobcats. We...","canonicalId":"car:hudson:hornet","priority":0.5,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Hudson Hornet is a classic American car from the early 1950s, known for its performance and distinctive styling. 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