Today's Linkster #51 · NBA

Chris Paul to Jrue Holiday

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Chris Paul to Jrue Holiday 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

  • Chris Paul (G, 2017–2026) College: Wake Forest. Teams: Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs. Number: #3. Drafted: 2005.
  • Jrue Holiday (G, 2017–2026) College: UCLA. Teams: Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans and Portland Trail Blazers. Numbers: #4, #5, #11 and #21. Drafted: 2009.

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

How it went

7 players solved it on the day. 6 matched par. The winning run was dannyleaden's: 2 moves in 0:10.4.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Chris Paul
  2. Wake Forest James Johnson
  3. 2009 Draft Jrue Holiday

No other kind of link made it any shorter.