NBA Wordle #39
Thursday, August 13, 2026 · already played
The answer
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MARTIN
Kenyon Martin
F · 2000–2015
Kenyon Martin's career
Kenyon Martin played 15 seasons between 2000 and 2015, across 5 franchises — Nets, Nuggets, Clippers, Knicks and Bucks. Over 757 regular-season games he averaged 12.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists, finishing with 9,325 career points. He was 1× All-Star.
He entered the league in the 2000 draft, taken first overall, with everything that expectation carries. 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 long career of 15 seasons he was a rotation piece at 12.3 points per game.
- Games
- 757
- PPG
- 12.3
- RPG
- 6.8
- APG
- 1.9
- Points
- 9,325
- Rebounds
- 5,159
- Assists
- 1,439
- 3PM
- 66
Teams
- Nets · 2001–2004
- Nuggets · 2005–2011
- Clippers · 2012
- Knicks · 2013–2014
- Bucks · 2015
Honours
1× All-Star
About the answer
The answer was MARTIN — 6 letters, made up of 6 distinct letters and beginning with M.
The optional hint offered that day read: “Played for BKN 2001–04, DEN 2005–11, LAC 2012, NYK 2013–14, …”.
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. Kenyon Martin qualifies on the first route, with 1 All-Star selection — a one-time selection.
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. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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