Mystery Player #72
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · already played
The answer
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Brad Daugherty
C · 1986–1994
Brad Daugherty's career
Brad Daugherty played 8 seasons between 1986 and 1994, all of it with the Cavaliers. Over 548 regular-season games he averaged 19 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists, finishing with 10,389 career points. He was 5× All-Star and 1× All-NBA.
He entered the league in the 1986 draft, taken first overall, with everything that expectation carries. That makes him a product of the 1980s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a solid career of 8 seasons he was a consistent starter at 19 points per game. On the glass he was among the players a team could build a defence around.
- Games
- 548
- PPG
- 19
- RPG
- 9.5
- APG
- 3.7
- Points
- 10,389
- Rebounds
- 5,227
- Assists
- 2,028
- 3PM
- 2
Teams
- Cavaliers · 1987–1994
Honours
5× All-Star · 1× All-NBA
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Brad Daugherty across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- C
- Debut season:
- 1986
- Status:
- Retired
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Cavaliers
- Points per game:
- 19
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 5
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. Brad Daugherty qualifies on the first route, with 5 All-Star selections — a repeat selection.
A one-franchise career made the shared-team clue brutal: it stayed grey for almost every guess, and went green only for players from that same roster. The debut arrow was the fastest way in: anyone opening with a modern player would have been sent back decades immediately. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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