Mystery Player #23
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 · already played
The answer
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LaMarcus Aldridge
F-C · 2006–2022
LaMarcus Aldridge's career
LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 seasons between 2006 and 2022, across 3 franchises — Trail Blazers, Spurs and Nets. Over 1,076 regular-season games he averaged 19.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists, finishing with 20,558 career points. He was 7× All-Star and 5× All-NBA.
He entered the league in the 2006 draft, taken 2th overall, a lottery pick expected to start immediately. That makes him a product of the 2000s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a long career of 16 seasons he was a consistent starter at 19.1 points per game.
- Games
- 1,076
- PPG
- 19.1
- RPG
- 8.1
- APG
- 1.9
- Points
- 20,558
- Rebounds
- 8,736
- Assists
- 2,076
- 3PM
- 227
Teams
- Trail Blazers · 2007–2015
- Spurs · 2016–2021
- Nets · 2021–2022
Honours
7× All-Star · 5× All-NBA
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against LaMarcus Aldridge across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- F-C
- Debut season:
- 2006
- Status:
- Retired
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Trail Blazers, Spurs, Nets
- Points per game:
- 19.1
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 7
Why this was a fair answer
Answers are never obscure by design: the pool is every NBA All-Star who debuted in the 1969-70 season or later, plus current players carrying a real scoring role. LaMarcus Aldridge qualifies on the first route, with 7 All-Star selections — a perennial selection rather than a one-off.
With 3 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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