Should Kon Knueppel be the Brooklyn Nets’ primary target with the #8 pick?

Don’t say it, don’t comment it.

There are obvious reasons why a Brooklyn Nets fan may might be inclined to to say it. But don’t. Kon Knueppel is not Joe Harris.

While we’ve previously covered Jeremiah Fears and Noa Essengue, two prospects in play for Brooklyn at #8, they do not have obvious analogues in former Nets. Kon Knueppel, as a 6’5” white guy with an average wingspan who shoots the cover off the ball from three, has Joe Harris.

In their recent history, Brooklyn hasn’t had players, certainly not teenagers, like Fears or Essengue. Flaws and all, either would be an exhilarating draft choice for a franchise that needs to acquire young talent, then to dream.

Understandably, it’s hard to dream…