NBA Wordle #21
Sunday, July 26, 2026 · already played
The answer
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MAYO
O.J. Mayo
G · 2008–2016
O.J. Mayo's career
O.J. Mayo played 8 seasons between 2008 and 2016, across 3 franchises — Grizzlies, Mavericks and Bucks. Over 547 regular-season games he averaged 13.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists, finishing with 7,574 career points.
He entered the league in the 2008 draft, taken 3th overall, a lottery pick expected to start immediately. 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 solid career of 8 seasons he was a rotation piece at 13.8 points per game.
- Games
- 547
- PPG
- 13.8
- RPG
- 3.1
- APG
- 2.9
- Points
- 7,574
- Rebounds
- 1,706
- Assists
- 1,607
- 3PM
- 854
Teams
- Grizzlies · 2009–2012
- Mavericks · 2013
- Bucks · 2014–2016
About the answer
The answer was MAYO — 4 letters, made up of 4 distinct letters and beginning with M.
The optional hint offered that day read: “Played for MEM 2009–12, DAL 2013, MIL 2014–16”.
Why this was a fair answer
O.J. Mayo 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 13.8 points across 547 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 3 franchises on his record, the shared-team clue was a genuine filter rather than a giveaway. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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