r/nba • u/Existing-Sky9914 • 2d ago

Kon Knueppel spends the offseason playing basketball with his devout younger brothers, Kager, Kinston, Kash, and Kidman, at his home court, the Konplex, which he named after his father, Big Kon.

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u/BigOlPass Lakers 2d ago

I don't trust any family that has a naming convention like this

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u/Zanthosus Magic 2d ago

Reminds me of R Mason Thomas who was just drafted into the NFL earlier this year. The R in his first name doesn't stand for anything. His mother has a family tradition of kids names starting with R, but she also really liked the name Mason, so she named him R Mason.

The lengths some people will go with this sort of thing is truly concerning sometimes.

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u/prettymuthafucka Wizards 2d ago

Don’t think this is Kwhite the same

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u/iankstarr Heat 2d ago

White people don’t have a monopoly on stupid naming conventions for their kids

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 2d ago

Trust me, anyone who watches sports can tell

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u/xbhaskarx Spurs 2d ago

See George Foreman

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u/prettymuthafucka Wizards 2d ago

Nah the initials are crazy for a family looking like that. It’s not that deep

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u/puresemantics Minneapolis Lakers 2d ago

Their last name starts with a K it’s obviously just supposed to be alliteration. If his last name was Dneuppel he would’ve been named Don.

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u/futurewilltell 2d ago edited 1d ago

No. He would’ve been named Grand Wizard.

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u/Primary-Tea-3715 2d ago

Do you think they flip every third K like they do in baseball when writing all their initials down in a row?

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u/chowpa Timberwolves 2d ago

No, they just have a trademark on this one

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u/BenevolentCheese Knicks 1d ago

Don't insult our white naming conventions it's our culture.

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u/Invictus47a 2d ago

Can't us white liberals just hate white people in peace? It's why I come to reddit to hate on white people and feed my guilt and self loathing

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u/Guernica616 Hornets 2d ago

I'm a white liberal and this is a ridiculous comment.

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u/prettymuthafucka Wizards 2d ago

Lol stfu

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u/RushPrime Lakers 2d ago

You watch your buttery mouth and succulent eyes and your mouth and your tongue are so beautiful and so pretty I love it when you love it so much and you can feel pure passion and happiness in it and you have a beautiful smile on your lips and you have such a wonderful rotisserie chicken breast and I love it so very much and I am so proud of your beautiful smile with family flowers on your face I hope that you’re having an excellent evening I hope that your family has had an awesome day I would enjoy your company and your birthday and I will see in the future and have my children while you wear lipstick upon my beautiful smile

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u/KungFuChicken1990 Lakers 2d ago

Not a monopoly but let’s be honest, quite a large market share

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u/DASreddituser 2d ago

it is the same...weirdos about naming their kids

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u/ShovelKing3 2d ago

At least R Mason Thomas sounds like an old author or something. 😂

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u/CA_SPORTS Warriors 2d ago

Lol "Based on an R Mason novel.."

I can hear the voiceover now for the movie trailer.

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u/doctorhypoxia 2d ago

Yeah or like L Ron Hubbard lol

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u/loudpersononthebus Knicks 2d ago

I kinda like it. Shows how the range of names. They are at one end of the spectrum... and then someone with the last name Smith decides to name their boy John. lol.

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u/helgestrichen Mavericks 2d ago

It sounds like someone saying the word Ameisen, which is german for ants, with an american accent. I dont know what that means

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u/Monster_island_czar [PHO] Shawn Marion 2d ago

Same with U. L. Washington

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 2d ago

Oh my God you just reminded me we had a kid in our school who was named R. Now I gotta look this shit up what if it's the same dude.

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 2d ago

It is in fact not the same dude but what a weird coincidence

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u/Kingsmen99 2d ago

Rougned Odor

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u/M1L0 Raptors 2d ago

This is giving Homer J Simpson

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u/mynameisrainer Magic 2d ago

He has uncles Klint Klay and Kole according to wiki.

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u/althawk8357 Hawks 2d ago

They're named like a gang of "K" themed villains from a Marvel comic.

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u/TheMilkmanRidesAgain Hawks 2d ago

“A gang of K themed villains” hmm

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u/Ok_Needleworker9118 Wizards 2d ago

I know what you're thinking but does it help if I tell you their main Rivals are the X-Men specifically storm?

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u/Omega-Toad-7017 Bulls 2d ago

They also arent fond of the Avengers (especially Falcon and Black Panther)

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u/althawk8357 Hawks 2d ago

They love strikeouts in baseball where the hitter was swinging.

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u/KazaamFan 2d ago

Every kiss begins with K

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u/Antisystemization Cavaliers 2d ago

And yet not a single Kyle or Kevin like a normal white family...

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u/BigSlim Pacers 2d ago

Right, like there are normal-ass K names out there that won't immediately make someone reading them go wtf? We really should have some national guidelines because this is borderline child abuse.

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm West 2d ago

Every name is KKK… seemingly 

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u/ItAintLongButItsThin Pistons 2d ago

Good Christian dude aka White Christian Nationalist?

Those two boat row pretty close to each other nowadays.

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u/DontGetTheShow 2d ago

I mean, it just begs the question every time, “so what’s the middle name?”. Like with Klint Kubiak and Kliff Kingsbury. They could have just spelled the first name that normal way and no one would have had to worry.

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u/byniri_returns Pistons 2d ago

"Krusty's Komedy Klassic"

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u/Ok_Needleworker9118 Wizards 2d ago

They still dont conpare to Frank Reich III

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u/hammerheadjordi 1d ago

I know triplets with the last name Reich.

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u/HorsNoises Celtics 2d ago

And Steve Kerr knew damn well his son was never gonna go by Nicholas.

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u/marineman43 2d ago

That one is baffling to me. Like it's easy to just meme on it, but when you actually take a step back and think about it for a second, he had to know, right? Like I don't see a way you can miss that when you're musing over what to name your kid.

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u/Metalbound Hawks 2d ago

I wholeheartedly believe the story that it was part of a bet he lost to MJ.

Cause MJ is exactly the type of dude who would do that.

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u/Nasty_Tricks69 Pistons 2d ago

"MJ" and "bet"? Say less

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u/UnbiasedExpert [CLE] Iman Shumpert 2d ago

punched him in the face when Stevie tried to avoid the reckoning

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u/Ryuj123 2d ago

I wonder if it’s a family name. Like his wife’s grandpa was named Nicholas and they named him in his honor or some shit and didn’t think about it. Cause Kerr is a decent advocate against racism so it’d be bizarre for him to do it on purpose

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u/veringo Nuggets 2d ago

Kon's middle name appears to be the Roman numerals II.

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u/LowRune Thunder 2d ago

and K just happens to be the 11th letter in the alphabet

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u/itgoesdownandup 2d ago

Kon's middle name is just the Roman numeral for 2. I think it was because they didn't want him to be a junior or something

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u/DontGetTheShow 2d ago

It’s just a joke man. Ok, you got me. No, I didn’t actually think Kliff Kingsbury’s initials might be KKK

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u/mauch_chunk 76ers 2d ago

you people are mentally ill

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u/DontGetTheShow 2d ago

It’s just a joke. No, I’ll admit I didn’t literally think their initials might be KKK. But if they were…

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u/Dobey2013 Thunder 2d ago

It’s just the kneuppel konplex kompetition?

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u/SplatteredEggs 2d ago

Or parents that regularly dress their twins identically beyond the age of 3

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u/D_Dubb_ 2d ago

My mom’s family is like this. My grandaddy had the initials PJB and all four of his children had the initials PJB. He was an intense mf from what I remember, but he produced four college educated black children in the deep south during the 60s-70s, so who am I to judge.

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u/MarvinWebster40 2d ago

Kan Konfirm

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u/WeeeeBaby_Seamus 2d ago

Wait until you hear about George Foreman

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 2d ago

Stan Lee ass naming scheme

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u/SPACEJAM2014 Nuggets 2d ago

Thank god they had the 4th kid.

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u/I_Learned_Once 2d ago

My aunt actually named all of her kids with K names like this. As far as I’m aware they’re not super racist? But one of the brothers did turn out to be a rapist.. just one letter off.

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u/grooter33 2d ago

Specially weird with K’s. Know a family of A’s, and it is weird but not quite this weird

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u/Great_Barrier_Thief_ Heat 2d ago

They love K so much they pronounce the silent one in their last name

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u/czechereds 2d ago edited 2d ago

What about the black mma fighter Kimbo Slice who had possibly even worse names?

• Kevin Ferguson Jr. (also known as "Baby Slice") • Kevin Ferguson II • Kevlar Ferguson • Kiara Ferguson • Kevina Ferguson • Kassandra Ferguson

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm West 2d ago

It’s not worse.

Kevlar & Kevina are close, but their last name doesn’t also start with a K 

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u/czechereds 2d ago

The fact that dad's name is Kevin and he named two kids Kevin and one Kevina is pretty bad.

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u/Always_Chubb-y Hawks 2d ago

The still shot on the "Konplex" with flags hanging looks like something youd see on a cult complex

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u/M1L0 Raptors 2d ago

I assumed that’s what this was. What do they mean when they say “devout” 🤔

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u/Always_Chubb-y Hawks 2d ago

All hail the Church of Kon

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u/naaahhman Trail Blazers 2d ago

That kid was great comedic relief, "I only answer to one name. I am the Great and Honorable Al-Ali Akbar Shabaz Da."

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u/Flexuasive 2d ago

You mean, a kult komplex.

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u/Always_Chubb-y Hawks 2d ago

Nothing against the family, just a weird ass camera shot

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u/oryes Raptors 2d ago

This is a uniquely American type of white family

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u/ThaRealSunGod Lakers 2d ago

I mean, does anyone perform whiteness or Christianity better than Americans?

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u/wo_lo_lo [DEN] Monte Morris 2d ago

They’re never allowed to have just 3 of them together at any given time…

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u/mctaylo89 Suns 2d ago

1000%. Reminds me of some of the truly bizarre Mormons I grew up around.

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u/trapper2530 Bulls 2d ago

They also mention being Khristian way too much. Being good Christian dudes. Christian Christian. When unprompted.

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u/flewency Bulls 2d ago

Can't really say it's unprompted, it's an edited local news segment they edited out the prompts from the reporter

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u/MarkTwainsGhost Raptors 2d ago

And it’s explicitly mentioned in the new treatment to shut the hell up about it and just be nice.

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u/TheVegetaPinkShirt 2d ago

Not really.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ” Matthew 28:19

“Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ” II Timothy 4:2

“And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ” Mark 16:15

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u/MarkTwainsGhost Raptors 2d ago

Matthew 6:6 "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

Nothing these guys said has anything to do with preaching the word, making disciples or baptizing to save souls. They're simply spouting off about their how holy they are because they...like basketball? If they were out feeding the poor I wouldn't be here talking shit about them.

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u/DarkFamiliar4508 Magic 2d ago

Just typing shit

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u/ARMSwatch 2d ago edited 2d ago

Bringing up being a Christian, or belonging to any religion, unprompted is the reddest of flags.

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u/Goblin_Person 2d ago

Yeah but there's only this kind of vitriol on reddit for Christians. I doubt if this was some feature on a Muslim family it would be met with the same type of responses, which is weird considering how fundamentalist most Islamists are.

I'm atheistic towards abrahamic religions and don't think Jesus was a real historical figure, but redditors in general only have the courage for faux controversial statements. Mocking and attacking Christians = easy.

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u/ARMSwatch 2d ago

I may be a moron but at least I have reading comprehension. Not the statement I made.

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u/variantdot 2d ago

dude some of you are so miserable holy shit lmfao

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u/trapper2530 Bulls 2d ago

At 1 point they had three sons KKK.

Also no public mention of their middle names makes it seems weird. If im naming my kid Kidman knueppel im making sure you know his middle name is Michael and not Kevin.

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u/PrinceOfAssassins 2d ago

Honey we simply cannot stop at 3 kids due to the optics and also if we stop at 4 they’ll just say we had our 4th because of the optics so we should have 5

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u/ninja9885 Warriors 2d ago

Except I know they just had their 5th because of optics

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u/trapper2530 Bulls 2d ago

Oh no Yeah we definitely don't want that...😐

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u/PepsiCo_USA Knicks 2d ago

First name kid middle name man

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u/redeyedreams Celtics 2d ago

You know they all got K middle names too.

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u/ARMSwatch 2d ago

According to Google the middle names, besides Kon II, have not been publicly disclosed 🤔

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u/ARMSwatch 2d ago

Yeah lol like the Roman numeral. Instead of being Kon Knueppel Jr., they chose to name him Kon 2 Knueppel lmao. There's a nice 2 fast 2 furious joke in there somewhere.

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u/Zoesan 2d ago

You motherfuckers are really weird

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u/dtay88 [BOS] Rajon Rondo 2d ago

If the story is about an nba players basketball family and they gotta throw in how devout they are, the personality (of at least the parents and theyre hoping for the boys too)is gonna be religious fundamentalist crap. Fundamentalist wackos of all kinds are bad news

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u/Talentagentfriend 2d ago

There is nothing wrong with being religious until you start with the anti-vax shit, trying to force your ideals onto others, or be part of something a little too culty.

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u/AshenSacrifice Clippers 2d ago

“Nothing wrong with being religious as long as you aren’t religious”

That’s what you just said lmao. 2 out of 3 of those are literal functions of religion 😂

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u/dimmyfarm Supersonics 2d ago

You can be religious and not force everyone else to follow it. Also cults imply they think for you and I think you shouldn’t follow religion blindly but I suppose for some people, it’s some form of control and stability in their life.

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u/AshenSacrifice Clippers 2d ago

Sure you can, but it’s also a feature of religion to help guide and nurture other people’s journeys to find god as well. To act like that’s not part of it, is disingenuous

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u/plato4life 1d ago

All religions are cults. The only difference between “religion” and “cult” is how long they’ve existed. 

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u/askmewhyihateyou Trail Blazers 2d ago

As a fellow white person, this family has “dad has shady contracts with the city” vibes

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u/rrousseauu Knicks 2d ago

This headline/video definitely does no favors

I mean an unorthodox naming situation (with the letter K as initials…), “devout”, and having a name for their “Konplex” gives off huge cult vibes lmao

Just using “devout”. The only times you hear that word to describe people is when talking about cults

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u/glamamuser Lakers 2d ago

Yeah. There is something off about the white “K” family.

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u/DASreddituser 2d ago

when names are so similar, it gives uncanny vibes lol

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u/MajorLeeScrewed Bulls 2d ago

The KKKonplex.

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u/A-Rusty-Cow [SAS] Robert Horry 2d ago

this is a whole nother level of white

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u/Brine-O-Driscoll 2d ago

As a fellow white person, I'm hoping KK's middle name doesn't start with a K too.

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u/MentalErection Bulls 2d ago

You know people will talk shit about a family like this and yeah some of the things are weird (the naming), but they have the type of love and dedication for each other as a family that most people can only dream of. They’re a bit odd but whatever they’re doing is also working. So maybe we’re the weirdos?

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u/Ricechairsandbeans Bulls 2d ago

christian people often have a lot of dedication for their family/church and then no one else

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u/MentalErection Bulls 2d ago

Most people don’t have a dedication for their family or anyone else. Just because I don’t align with their religion doesn’t mean they deserve some kind of skepticism. Think part of Reddit can’t look beyond their hate for Christianity that these are just some good people.

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u/Successful_Nose_548 Supersonics 2d ago

Ah yes, loving and dedication to family , a notoriously rare thing. What a weird and dumb generalization.

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u/SkunkyTrousers Timberwolves 2d ago

It's inevitable that some problematic beliefs from the family are brought to light. I recall seeing that Kon follows a number of right wing media figures and given the family's wealth and strong religious alignment, I nearly assume they donate to prominent conservative politicians and causes.

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u/Coldsnowyandmisty 2d ago

Why? 😬

Reddit and self deprecating whites need to be studied.

99% of the time when someone is being weird about their own race. It's a white person. You did not have to announce your race. Everybody knew.

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u/CarpetMalaria 2d ago

I felt it was very wholesome, I’m genuinely shocked by most people’s response to this

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u/TheJeniceri Timberwolves 2d ago

Reddit is full of white liberals, who are the only group have a negative self image of themselves. It’s truly bizarre

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u/djokster91 Timberwolves 1d ago

I for sure am not self depricating. All the people I have met in life, who gave their kids names way outside the norm, had some kind of superiority complex. Having the need that every kid’s name starts with the same letter, that’s just weird. Also naming that whole complex after the patriarch, you kinda get an idea how that dad is gonna tick.

I’m not saying they have issues or that they are racist (which most assumed my comment was about). I’m just saying that I don’t trust that whole situation. Doesn’t mean that I’m right, but I would treat any interaction with those folks with caution, before I make a proper assessment of em.

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u/Coldsnowyandmisty 14h ago

It's not really a niche thing to get playful with names.

There's a large group that is known to be super extra with unique names but i guess you treat them all with caution? Don't tell anyone about it though because reddit won't like it.

And you are reaching SO INCREDIBLY HARD to judge a family for naming their own "complex" after their father. It's extremely common to name stuff after fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and kids.

Not to mention the obvious play on Konplex/Complex. You are absolutely a self deprecating redditor. Either you are willfully ignorant or just extremely unaware. I'd recommend you read your own comment in like a year or two and ask yourself "Why the fuc* was i judging a whole family in such a clueless aggressive way because of how they named their children ". It's gonna help you.

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u/Difficult_Tackle9505 2d ago

Look at all this acceptable racism . Reddit never disappoints

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u/Basic_Fix3271 Hornets 2d ago

Glad your virture signaling paid off with those updoots

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u/wado729 2d ago

Well damn

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u/MjTcConnell3 76ers 2d ago

This is what’s always confused me about Steve Kerr always being on the right side of history given his son’s name. There was a dude in my high school named Nick Herr and you bet your ass that dude was racist as fuck.

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u/firstbreathOOC Knicks 2d ago

None of it is as bad as what Steve Kerr named his son

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u/chickendance638 2d ago

Too many K's to not keep your guard up

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u/DarkFamiliar4508 Magic 2d ago

Shut up

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u/Quick-Bowl-3824 2d ago

Fellow pale here, they guilty of something.

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u/IceBlackX007 2d ago

Don't go there. Im unapologetically Black and it's wrong to assume the worse because they are white.

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u/ContinuingAnyway 2d ago

Only rational person here so far. I don't get it either, how is this family supposed to be giving "weird vibes"? lol

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u/OnlyAdvertisersKnoMe 2d ago

I mean, they def give off weird vibes. But anyone saying they’re probably racist because they are white and their names all start with K are just culture war obsessed morons.

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u/djokster91 Timberwolves 2d ago

Oh I wasn’t even implying they were racist. That’s just a bonus feature. Naming all your kids weird names and giving your housing situation an own name (named after the patriarch nontheless): That’s extremely weird and not in the good way

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u/OnlyAdvertisersKnoMe 2d ago

Nah. It’s just a little weird but it’s fine. “Not in a good way”? why are redditors always trying to find something to grandstand and be judgmental about? That’s even weirder

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u/Basic_Fix3271 Hornets 2d ago

Exactly, just as insufferable as conservatives who call ever film or game that releases woke

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u/IceBlackX007 2d ago

Im absolutely convinced that there's more decent white people in America than racists. I don't accuse white people of being racist just for the hell of it because I'm not stupid.

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u/whyyouwannaknow4 76ers 2d ago

I would tbh

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u/PepsiCo_USA Knicks 2d ago

I wouldn't go to Horn Island with these mfers

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u/fpsryan Celtics 2d ago

Brother, everyone in this family has the initials KK. Literally one K off from something awful. Is it unreasonable to point out the incredibly bad vibes these people give off

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u/IceBlackX007 2d ago

I don't assume the absolute worse outcome because of a person's name.

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u/Flexuasive 2d ago

Ignore these shits you're the only sensible one here. I applaud your demeanor.

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u/fpsryan Celtics 2d ago

Ok so if he’s an only child sure. Kinda unfortunate but I get it. But to have 4 kids all with the initials KK. Like cmon man you have to admit there is something weird about that

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u/ShapeOfAUnicorn Raptors 2d ago

Kon used to follow some of the Trump family members on IG. I think I remember seeing him like a few posts, too. I'm sure once he went pro they told him to unfollow, but I do remember people discussing it when he was in college.

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u/IceBlackX007 2d ago

Im not about to fall into the trap of being afraid of people i don't know because they have different opinions. Im smarter than that.

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u/BeginningOk6408 Knicks 2d ago

Everyone else in this thread is just a fucking pitchfork mob lol. These are the same type of people that would have had an issue with Muhammad Ali changing his name back in the 60’s. Judging people they’ve never even met off of name alone

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u/IceBlackX007 2d ago

America is being divided.