The Drop | A Rookie Duel & Drafting The Most Interesting Teams At NBA Trade Deadline
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Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Friday, January 30th, 2026. This is The Drop. I'm JD Skeets here in the Classic Factory, and alongside me, as always, Tass Mellis. Happy Friday, y'all. Next to him is my top shot hot boy, Trey Kirby. Heyo! Heyo! And over yonder, Making the Magic Happen super producer, JD. Hello. Hello. There he is. Here we are. Hello to everybody on YouTube. Hello, podcast listeners. Let's hit the like button. Let's subscribe. Let's leave your boys five-star ratings and reviews because we got a great drop today. On today's show, we're going to draft a few of the most interesting teams before the NBA trade deadline. We'll do a couple rounds of that.
TAS has what I am calling now one of the best batches of worst of the week nominees in quite some time. Okay. One of the best.
I agree.
I like it. And we'll end with some rapid fire fun. But first. We had an amazing wedgie last night. Wedgie number 40 was a big one. Probably in play for wedgie of the year. It came in the clutch, and it was our two rookies leaning in rookie of the year race. Con Knipple trying to get down there on the fast break ahead of Cooper Flagg, who does block it into a wedgie, but a foul was called as well. And we're going to break down this game because Con stepped to the line and he hit some free throws. But what a wedgie. Look at the pace we're on right now. Just a good, good year. And thanks to everybody hitting us up on Twitter or Instagram or in the comments. Hey, make sure you got that wedgie. You got that wedgie?
Hell yeah, we got that wedgie. Yeah, we do. And let's talk about the game. Let's talk about it. Because it was a rookie showdown. It was a rookie duel. It was an epic duel. It was. It was a good game. Con Canipple made those two free throws, like I said, with about four seconds left for a career-high 34 points as the Charlotte Hornets stayed hot to beat the Dallas Mavericks, 123-121, spoiling Cooper flags. 49-point masterpiece. This guy just turned 19 years old and he broke the NBA record for points in a game by a teen and Knipple hit eight three-pointers to set a record for the Hornets franchise. So our two guys here, Tass, our two favorites for ROI, living up to the hype. What a game.
This could have been the biggest duel of two rookies. Ever? I mean, it sure feels that way. It's hard to compare, right? It's hard to compare that. It's hard to compare what are the best, worst of the week nominees throughout the season. But this was spectacular to see Cooper Flagg's growth here. I wondered when he had a few bad games. Maybe it was the more games than it was at Duke. Maybe he had a long summer. Maybe he would slow down. The ball is in his hands at all times now, especially with Anthony Davis going down as well as Kyrie Irving. They have injuries. He took the most shots of his career on this night. It was all on his shoulders, and he is absolutely spectacular. The game has slowed down so much for him.
He's ready to slow it down in the midrange or take it to the hoop. While Konkanipa, I think, is sort of overlooked as just an air quote three-point shooting guy. He can put it on. the floor so much more he is so so good at getting in the mid-range he's shooting 70 at the rim he's shooting 60 from short mid-range 10 to 16 feet so he stops he pops he can do whatever and he's a great playmaker so this is i don't i don't know if it's the best Rookie competition, rookie game ever, but it sure feels that way. It's got to be on the short list.
I did see, according to ESPN Research, their combined 83 points, Cooper Flagg, Connipa last night, the most by a pair of rookies in a game since Tiny Archibald and Pete Maravich. Tiny and Pete went for 91 in 1971 as rooks, so... Yeah, it's there. It's in the running here. It lived up to the hype. This was the fun, right? The anticipation of this game. A late January game between two teams who are still below .500. but they put on a show.
Yeah, this was just awesome to watch.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–4:13
2
What happened in the rookie showdown between Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg?
4:13–5:32
3
What are the key highlights from the game recap?
5:32–10:51
4
How do the rookies compare in their performance during the game?
10:51–50:06
5
What are the nominees for Worst of the Week?
50:06–50:22
6
How did Christian Coloco handle a bizarre contact lens incident?
50:22–54:18
7
What painful moments occurred during recent NBA games?
54:18–55:16
8
What are the latest updates on the NBA Dunk Contest?
55:16–1:25:46
Speakers
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