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Today's Linkster #36 · NBA

Dejounte Murray to De'Aaron Fox

On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Dejounte Murray to De'Aaron Fox 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

  • Dejounte Murray (G, 2017–2026) College: Washington. Teams: Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs. Number: #5. Drafted: 2016.
  • De'Aaron Fox (G, 2018–2026) College: Kentucky. Teams: Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs. Numbers: #4 and #5. Drafted: 2017.

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 0:55.9.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Dejounte Murray
  2. 2016 Draft Jamal Murray
  3. Kentucky De'Aaron Fox

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

  1. Dejounte Murray
  2. #5 · San Antonio Spurs De'Aaron Fox