Today's Linkster #39 · NBA

Mason Plumlee to Bobby Portis

On Friday, October 9, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Mason Plumlee to Bobby Portis 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

  • Mason Plumlee (C, 2017–2026) College: Duke. Teams: Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs. Numbers: #7, #22, #24, #44 and #45. Drafted: 2013.
  • Bobby Portis (F, 2017–2026) College: Arkansas. Teams: Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks and Washington Wizards. Numbers: #1 and #9. Drafted: 2015.

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 2, which is par:

  1. Mason Plumlee
  2. Duke Tyus Jones
  3. 2015 Draft Bobby Portis

No other kind of link made it any shorter.