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Today's Linkster #34 · NBA

Aaron Gordon to Jamal Murray

On Sunday, October 4, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Aaron Gordon to Jamal Murray in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through colleges and draft classes, but any shared college, jersey number, team or draft class counted as a move.

The two players

  • Aaron Gordon (F, 2017–2026) College: Arizona. Teams: Denver Nuggets and Orlando Magic. Numbers: #0, #32 and #50. Drafted: 2014.
  • Jamal Murray (G, 2017–2026) College: Kentucky. Team: Denver Nuggets. Number: #27. Drafted: 2016.

Seasons 2017–2026. Jersey numbers and teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

1 player solved it on the day. 1 beat par with a shortcut, and 1 matched or beat it in all. The winning run was Huk's: 1 link in 0:03.2.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges and draft classes alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Aaron Gordon
  2. 2014 Draft Julius Randle
  3. Kentucky Jamal Murray

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 1:

  1. Aaron Gordon
  2. Denver Nuggets Jamal Murray

This day was rebuilt from later player data, so the route above may differ slightly from the original.