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Today's Linkster #53 · NBA

Andre Drummond to Jaylen Brown

On Friday, October 23, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Andre Drummond to Jaylen Brown 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

  • Andre Drummond (C, 2017–2026) College: Connecticut. Teams: Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers. Numbers: #0, #1, #2 and #3. Drafted: 2012.
  • Jaylen Brown (G, 2017–2026) College: California. Team: Boston Celtics. Number: #7. Drafted: 2016.

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

How it went

2 players solved it on the day (2 more gave up). 1 matched par. The winning run was tttanner's: 3 moves in 1:01.6.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Andre Drummond
  2. 2012 Draft Anthony Davis
  3. Kentucky Jamal Murray
  4. 2016 Draft Jaylen Brown

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

  1. Andre Drummond
  2. Brooklyn Nets Kevin Durant
  3. #7 Jaylen Brown