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Today's Linkster #37 · NBA

LeBron James to Nikola Vucevic

On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from LeBron James to Nikola Vucevic 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

  • LeBron James (F, 2017–2026) Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers. Numbers: #6 and #23. Drafted: 2003.
  • Nikola Vucevic (C, 2017–2026) College: USC. Teams: Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic. Numbers: #4 and #9. Drafted: 2011.

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

How it went

1 player solved it on the day. Nobody matched par. The winning run was lush's: 4 links in 1:34.4.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. LeBron James
  2. 2003 Draft Dwyane Wade
  3. Marquette Jimmy Butler III
  4. 2011 Draft Nikola Vucevic

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 2:

  1. LeBron James
  2. Los Angeles Lakers Russell Westbrook
  3. #4 Nikola Vucevic