Mystery Player #11
Thursday, July 16, 2026 · already played
The answer
Spoiler for the puzzle of Thursday, July 16, 2026. Today's puzzle is not revealed anywhere on this page.
CJ McCollum
G · 2013–2027
CJ McCollum's career
CJ McCollum played 14 seasons between 2013 and 2027, across 4 franchises — Trail Blazers, Pelicans, Hawks and Wizards. Over 863 regular-season games he averaged 19.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists, finishing with 16,838 career points.
He entered the league in the 2013 draft, taken 10th overall in the lottery. That makes him a product of the 2010s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a long career of 14 seasons he was a consistent starter at 19.5 points per game.
- Games
- 863
- PPG
- 19.5
- RPG
- 3.6
- APG
- 3.8
- Points
- 16,838
- Rebounds
- 3,119
- Assists
- 3,298
- 3PM
- 2,180
Teams
- Trail Blazers · 2014–2022
- Pelicans · 2022–2025
- Hawks · 2026
- Wizards · 2026
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against CJ McCollum across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- G
- Debut season:
- 2013
- Status:
- Active
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Trail Blazers, Pelicans, Hawks, Wizards
- Points per game:
- 19.5
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 0
Why this was a fair answer
CJ McCollum was never an All-Star, so he reaches the answer pool by the second route: current players with a genuine offensive role, at least 12 points per game and 150 career games. At 19.5 points across 863 games he clears that bar comfortably, which is why a player without the honours of the pool's headline names can still turn up as an answer.
With 4 franchises on his record, the shared-team clue was a genuine filter rather than a giveaway. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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