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Today's Linkster #47 · NBA

Donovan Mitchell to Russell Westbrook

On Saturday, October 17, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Donovan Mitchell to Russell Westbrook 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

  • Donovan Mitchell (G, 2018–2026) College: Louisville. Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz. Number: #45. Drafted: 2017.
  • Russell Westbrook (G, 2017–2026) College: UCLA. Teams: Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards. Numbers: #0, #4 and #18. Drafted: 2008.

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

How it went

5 players solved it on the day. 5 matched par. The winning run was xander123's: 2 moves in 0:09.7.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Donovan Mitchell
  2. 2017 Draft Lonzo Ball
  3. UCLA Russell Westbrook

No other kind of link made it any shorter.