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Today's Linkster #35 · NBA

Al Horford to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

On Monday, October 5, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Al Horford to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in as few links as possible. Par was 3, counted through colleges and draft classes, but any shared college, jersey number, team or draft class counted as a move.

The two players

  • Al Horford (C, 2017–2026) College: Florida. Teams: Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers. Numbers: #20 and #42. Drafted: 2007.
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (G, 2019–2026) College: Kentucky. Teams: Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Number: #2. Drafted: 2018.

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

How it went

Nobody with an account finished this one on the day.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges and draft classes alone it takes 3, which is par:

  1. Al Horford
  2. Florida Bradley Beal
  3. 2012 Draft Anthony Davis
  4. Kentucky Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

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

  1. Al Horford
  2. Oklahoma City Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

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