Mystery Player #100
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · already played
The answer
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Buck Williams
F · 1981–1998
Buck Williams's career
Buck Williams played 17 seasons between 1981 and 1998, across 3 franchises — Nets, Trail Blazers and Knicks. Over 1,307 regular-season games he averaged 12.8 points, 10 rebounds and 1.3 assists, finishing with 16,784 career points. He was 3× All-Star, 1× All-NBA and Rookie of the Year.
He entered the league in the 1981 draft, taken 3th overall, a lottery pick expected to start immediately. 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 unusually long career of 17 seasons he was a rotation piece at 12.8 points per game. On the glass he was among the players a team could build a defence around.
- Games
- 1,307
- PPG
- 12.8
- RPG
- 10
- APG
- 1.3
- Points
- 16,784
- Rebounds
- 13,017
- Assists
- 1,646
- 3PM
- 5
Teams
- Nets · 1982–1989
- Trail Blazers · 1990–1996
- Knicks · 1997–1998
Honours
3× All-Star · 1× All-NBA · 4× All-Defensive · Rookie of the Year
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Buck Williams across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- F
- Debut season:
- 1981
- Status:
- Retired
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Nets, Trail Blazers, Knicks
- Points per game:
- 12.8
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 3
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. Buck Williams qualifies on the first route, with 3 All-Star selections — a repeat selection.
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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