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00:00Let's get to two players that are playing great.
00:02And what can you say about Kyle Knipple?
00:04We talked about Cooper Flagg,
00:06who's obviously his best friend and teammate at Duke.
00:09But Kyle Knipple's been the goods.
00:1120 games this year, 47% from three,
00:1441.3, 47% from the floor, excuse me,
00:1841.3% from three, 18.4 points per game,
00:215.7 rebounds, three assists.
00:24When we looked at Kyle Knipple,
00:25we knew why I thought they were going to get him.
00:28That's because of with LaMelo Ball,
00:31you space the floor out with Knipple and Brandon Miller.
00:35And then obviously you have Miles Bridges that's stretched four,
00:37and then obviously you can put your big in the dunk spot,
00:41which has been, I believe, Yusuf Nurkic,
00:43who's had a pretty good year rebounding the ball.
00:47But Knipple showed me that his ability to score off the bounce,
00:52his movement without the ball,
00:54his ability to defend and create
00:57were things that we maybe didn't get to see at Duke.
01:02And that's a testament to John Shire.
01:05And I can't speak enough about what John has done
01:08with these young guys getting ready to play.
01:12What a great start for Kyle Knipple,
01:15who right now should be the rookie of the year.
01:18Let's head to a guy that was rookie of the year.
01:20That's Cade Cunningham.
01:2117 games, 28.8 points per game.
01:25Lord have mercy.
01:269.4 assists, 6.4 rebounds,
01:3146% from the floor, 31% from the three.
01:34Now we're going to look at Cade and say,
01:36okay, maybe this is not in regards to shooting splits we want,
01:43but you have to understand what they have in Detroit.
01:49JB Picker's staff is more about, with him, shot volume.
01:54So you're going to get rough shooting games.
01:56We'll shoot 25, 26, and go 9 to 26 for the floor.
02:00But he's still going to be able to impact the box score
02:04with his rebounding, and especially with his assists,
02:06on his averaging a double-double.
02:07I will say this.
02:09The longer that Detroit keeps in contention,
02:15the more we have to have, ready folks for this,
02:19a serious, serious talk about Cade Cunningham
02:24being an MVP candidate.
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