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Today's Linkster #44 · NBA

Bam Adebayo to Rudy Gobert

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Bam Adebayo to Rudy Gobert 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

  • Bam Adebayo (C, 2018–2026) College: Kentucky. Team: Miami Heat. Number: #13. Drafted: 2017.
  • Rudy Gobert (C, 2017–2026) Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves and Utah Jazz. Number: #27. Drafted: 2013.

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

How it went

8 players solved it on the day. 7 matched par. The winning run was nickluch's: 2 moves in 0:09.2.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Bam Adebayo
  2. Kentucky Nerlens Noel
  3. 2013 Draft Rudy Gobert

No other kind of link made it any shorter.