Charlotte Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel got the chance to play in his hometown of Milwaukee for the first time in his young career, and he took the idea of a homecoming game quite literally.

The first-round draft pick invited the whole Hornets team over to his family's home a night before facing the Bucks .

"Taking the [team] bus down my street, going home, that was weird," Knueppel said before Friday night's game. "And a bunch of NBA players in my house. It was a lot of big people, but my family enjoyed it. My brothers definitely enjoyed it."

Knueppel is the oldest of five boys. Both of his parents played college basketball, so being around a team is nothing new for the family. However, Knueppel said at least one of his teammates had never had an experience like this.

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