Today's Linkster #49 · NBA

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to Dejounte Murray

On Monday, October 19, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to Dejounte Murray 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

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (G, 2019–2026) College: Kentucky. Teams: Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Number: #2. Drafted: 2018.
Dejounte Murray (G, 2017–2026) College: Washington. Teams: Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs. Number: #5. Drafted: 2016.

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

How it went

6 players solved it on the day. 5 matched par. The winning run was tk_36's: 2 moves in 0:23.8.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Kentucky Jamal Murray
2016 Draft Dejounte Murray

No other kind of link made it any shorter.