basketball · Charlotte Hornets · SF/SG · age 20 · about a year
Kon Knueppel is one of 78 player entries in The Card Investor. Age 20, listed at SF/SG, currently with Charlotte Hornets — filed under basketball.
Accessibility lands mid-table at 55. The obvious cards have moved, but there are still parallels and lesser versions priced sensibly if you're willing to hunt. That hunting is where the actual work of this one sits.
Breakout (86) and card upside (80) sit close together, which is the straightforward case: if the performance arrives, the cards should follow it rather than shrug.
Set against the 11 basketball breakout picks scored here, its breakout of 86 ranks 4th of 11, card upside 80 ranks 6th, accessibility 55 ranks 7th, and risk 30 is the 2nd-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Cameron Boozer, which scores 89 and 90 on the same two axes — if you're weighing one against the other, the difference is in the reasoning rather than the scores.
A one-year horizon means you're betting on a single body of work — one season, essentially. That's a much narrower bet than a career, and it should be sized like one.
At 30, this is one of the calmer entries in here. Read that as relative: the floor under any card is whatever the next person will pay, and that number can move a long way in a month.
You can realistically find Kon Knueppel cards at a local card shop, a card show and online.
There is no big-box option for this one. Hobby configurations are allocated to card shops and distributors and do not reach Walmart or Target shelves at all, so a wasted trip is the likeliest outcome of looking there.
Because this is a player rather than a product, you are shopping for singles: show tables and online marketplaces always have them, and the rest of the list depends on how widely the cards were printed.
Every entry gets four separate scores instead of one grade, because a single grade hides the thing you needed. Full explanation in the guide: how to spot a breakout before the cards move.
Or browse all breakout picks · how these scores are built
Leave your email and we'll send you a note when we publish new picks and research. No schedule, no spam, unsubscribe in one click.
We use your address to email you about The Card Investor. We don't sell it or share it. Research and opinion only — not financial advice.
$9.99 a month, or $89.99 a year — a saving of 25%. Cancel anytime.
Get started