Mystery Player #92
Monday, October 5, 2026 · already played
The answer
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Walter Davis
G-F · 1977–1992
Walter Davis's career
Walter Davis played 15 seasons between 1977 and 1992, across 3 franchises — Suns, Nuggets and Trail Blazers. Over 1,033 regular-season games he averaged 18.9 points, 3 rebounds and 3.8 assists, finishing with 19,521 career points. He was 6× All-Star, 2× All-NBA and Rookie of the Year.
He entered the league in the 1977 draft, taken 5th overall, a lottery pick expected to start immediately. That makes him a product of the 1970s, 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 consistent starter at 18.9 points per game.
- Games
- 1,033
- PPG
- 18.9
- RPG
- 3
- APG
- 3.8
- Points
- 19,521
- Rebounds
- 3,053
- Assists
- 3,878
- 3PM
- 157
Teams
- Suns · 1978–1988
- Nuggets · 1989–1992
- Trail Blazers · 1991
Honours
6× All-Star · 2× All-NBA · Rookie of the Year · 1× Olympic gold
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Walter Davis across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- G-F
- Debut season:
- 1977
- Status:
- Retired
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Suns, Nuggets, Trail Blazers
- Points per game:
- 18.9
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 6
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. Walter Davis qualifies on the first route, with 6 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. 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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