Mystery Player #101
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · already played
The answer
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Kelly Oubre Jr.
F · 2015–2027
Kelly Oubre Jr.'s career
Kelly Oubre Jr. played 12 seasons between 2015 and 2027, across 5 franchises — Wizards, Suns, Warriors, Hornets and 76ers. Over 705 regular-season games he averaged 13.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists, finishing with 9,401 career points.
He entered the league in the 2015 draft, taken 15th overall in the first round. That makes him a product of the 2010s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a long career of 12 seasons he was a rotation piece at 13.3 points per game.
- Games
- 705
- PPG
- 13.3
- RPG
- 4.7
- APG
- 1.2
- Points
- 9,401
- Rebounds
- 3,284
- Assists
- 827
- 3PM
- 1,068
Teams
- Wizards · 2016–2019
- Suns · 2019–2020
- Warriors · 2021
- Hornets · 2022–2023
- 76ers · 2024–2026
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Kelly Oubre Jr. across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- F
- Debut season:
- 2015
- Status:
- Active
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Wizards, Suns, Warriors, Hornets, 76ers
- Points per game:
- 13.3
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 0
Why this was a fair answer
Kelly Oubre Jr. 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 13.3 points across 705 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. A recent debut meant the arrow pointed forward for nearly every guess, which narrows the field quickly once you trust it. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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