Mystery Player #20
Saturday, July 25, 2026 · already played
The answer
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Elden Campbell
C-F · 1990–2005
Elden Campbell's career
Elden Campbell played 15 seasons between 1990 and 2005, across 6 franchises — Lakers, Hornets, Pelicans, Thunder, Pistons and Nets. Over 1,045 regular-season games he averaged 10.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists, finishing with 10,805 career points. He was 1× champion.
He entered the league in the 1990 draft, taken 27th overall in the first round. That makes him a product of the 1990s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a long career of 15 seasons he was a rotation piece at 10.3 points per game.
- Games
- 1,045
- PPG
- 10.3
- RPG
- 5.9
- APG
- 1.1
- Points
- 10,805
- Rebounds
- 6,116
- Assists
- 1,199
- 3PM
- 2
Teams
- Lakers · 1991–1999
- Hornets · 1999–2002
- Pelicans · 2003
- Thunder · 2003
- Pistons · 2004–2005
- Nets · 2005
Honours
1× NBA champion
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Elden Campbell across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- C-F
- Debut season:
- 1990
- Status:
- Retired
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Lakers, Hornets, Pelicans, Thunder, Pistons, Nets
- Points per game:
- 10.3
- Championships:
- 1
- All-Star selections:
- 0
Why this was a fair answer
Elden Campbell 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 10.3 points across 1,045 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 6 franchises on his record, the shared-team clue was unusually generous here — a wide range of guesses would have lit it up green and pointed the wrong way as often as the right one. The 1 championship ring were another strong signal — most of the pool has none.
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