Mystery Player #34
Saturday, August 8, 2026 · already played
The answer
Spoiler for the puzzle of Saturday, August 8, 2026. Today's puzzle is not revealed anywhere on this page.
Eric Gordon
G · 2008–2026
Eric Gordon's career
Eric Gordon played 18 seasons between 2008 and 2026, across 5 franchises — Clippers, Pelicans, Rockets, Suns and 76ers. Over 931 regular-season games he averaged 15.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists, finishing with 14,167 career points.
He entered the league in the 2008 draft, taken 7th overall in the lottery. 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 unusually long career of 18 seasons he was a consistent starter at 15.2 points per game.
- Games
- 931
- PPG
- 15.2
- RPG
- 2.3
- APG
- 2.7
- Points
- 14,167
- Rebounds
- 2,115
- Assists
- 2,511
- 3PM
- 2,092
Teams
- Clippers · 2009–2011
- Pelicans · 2012–2016
- Rockets · 2017–2023
- Clippers · 2023
- Suns · 2024
- 76ers · 2025–2026
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Eric Gordon across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- G
- Debut season:
- 2008
- Status:
- Active
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Clippers, Pelicans, Rockets, Clippers, Suns, 76ers
- Points per game:
- 15.2
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 0
Why this was a fair answer
Eric Gordon 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 15.2 points across 931 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 5 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. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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