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Today's Linkster #43 · NBA

Rudy Gobert to Harrison Barnes

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Rudy Gobert to Harrison Barnes 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

  • Rudy Gobert (C, 2017–2026) Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves and Utah Jazz. Number: #27. Drafted: 2013.
  • Harrison Barnes (F, 2017–2026) College: North Carolina. Teams: Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs. Number: #40. Drafted: 2012.

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

How it went

3 players solved it on the day. 3 matched par. The winning run was hbanks13's: 2 moves in 0:18.5.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Rudy Gobert
  2. 2013 Draft Reggie Bullock Jr.
  3. North Carolina Harrison Barnes

No other kind of link made it any shorter.