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Today's Linkster #46 · NBA

Dejounte Murray to Joel Embiid

On Friday, October 16, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Dejounte Murray to Joel Embiid 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.
  • Joel Embiid (C, 2017–2026) College: Kansas. Team: Philadelphia 76ers. Number: #21. Drafted: 2014.

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

How it went

5 players solved it on the day (1 more gave up). 2 matched par. The winning run was jakehar3's: 2 moves in 0:19.0.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Dejounte Murray
  2. 2016 Draft Cheick Diallo
  3. Kansas Joel Embiid

No other kind of link made it any shorter.