The Charlotte Hornets won the 2025 NBA Summer League championship on Sunday, taking down the Memphis Grizzlies, 83-78. With the win the Hornets finished the summer session with a perfect 6-0 record.
After the game the Hornets were adorned with a number of very fancy-looking prizes. They won a giant trophy that they can take back to add to their trophy case. Considering the franchise has never won their division or made a conference final, it's much-needed.
Kon Knueppel, who scored 21 points in the championship game, got his own trophy as well.
Kon Knueppel (2025 No. 4 pick) is the #NBA2KSummerLeague Championship Game MVP 🙌 pic.twitter.com/ZowY7QuqO3
— NBA (@NBA) July 21, 2025
After accepting his award, Knueppel also showed off the absurdly large Summer League championship ring which came in a display box that rotated so that people could check out the entire ring without getting any fingerprints on it.
KON KNUEPPEL SHOWING OFF THE RING 💍 #NBA2KSummerLeague pic.twitter.com/pUSw25PXmE
— NBA (@NBA) July 21, 2025
The only detail that remains unclear is what happens to that diamond-y, disco ball-esque Summer League ball in the middle of the table. Is that a new trophy? A prop? Who walks away with that gaudy non-bouncing ball?
Hopefully, some undrafted kid wandered off with that as the ultimate souvenir of a few magical weeks spent with Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets summer league team.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Kon Knueppel, Hornets Receive Shocking Amount of Hardware For Winning Summer League.
