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Today's Linkster #48 · NBA

Russell Westbrook to Stephen Curry

On Sunday, October 18, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Russell Westbrook to Stephen Curry 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

  • 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.
  • Stephen Curry (G, 2017–2026) College: Davidson. Team: Golden State Warriors. Number: #30. Drafted: 2009.

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

How it went

1 player solved it on the day. 1 matched par. The winning run was jbeirne12's: 2 moves in 0:16.9.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Russell Westbrook
  2. UCLA Jrue Holiday
  3. 2009 Draft Stephen Curry

No other kind of link made it any shorter.