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Today's Linkster #52 · NBA

Damian Lillard to Chris Paul

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Damian Lillard to Chris Paul in as few links as possible. Par was 3, counted through colleges and draft classes, but any shared college, jersey number, team or draft class counted as a move.

The two players

  • Damian Lillard (G, 2017–2025) College: Weber State. Teams: Milwaukee Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers. Number: #0. Drafted: 2012.
  • 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.

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

How it went

6 players solved it on the day. 3 beat par with a shortcut, and 5 matched or beat it in all. The winning run was I_HAS_Obesetree's: 2 moves in 0:19.3.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges and draft classes alone it takes 3, which is par:

  1. Damian Lillard
  2. 2012 Draft Harrison Barnes
  3. North Carolina Marvin Williams
  4. 2005 Draft Chris Paul

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 2:

  1. Damian Lillard
  2. #0 Russell Westbrook
  3. Houston Rockets · Los Angeles Clippers · Oklahoma City Thunder Chris Paul