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Today's Linkster #55 · NBA

Nikola Vucevic to James Harden

On Sunday, October 25, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Nikola Vucevic to James Harden 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

  • Nikola Vucevic (C, 2017–2026) College: USC. Teams: Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic. Numbers: #4 and #9. Drafted: 2011.
  • James Harden (G, 2017–2026) College: Arizona State. Teams: Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers. Numbers: #1 and #13. Drafted: 2009.

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

How it went

5 players solved it on the day. 2 matched par. The winning run was tttanner's: 2 moves in 0:41.5.

The answer

Show a shortest route

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

  1. Nikola Vucevic
  2. USC DeMar DeRozan
  3. 2009 Draft James Harden

No other kind of link made it any shorter.