NBA Wordle #52
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · already played
The answer
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CHAMBERS
Tom Chambers
F · 1981–1998
Tom Chambers's career
Tom Chambers played 17 seasons between 1981 and 1998, across 6 franchises — Clippers, Thunder, Suns, Jazz, Hornets and 76ers. Over 1,107 regular-season games he averaged 18.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists, finishing with 20,049 career points. He was 4× All-Star and 2× All-NBA.
He entered the league in the 1981 draft, taken 8th overall in the lottery. 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 consistent starter at 18.1 points per game.
- Games
- 1,107
- PPG
- 18.1
- RPG
- 6.1
- APG
- 2.1
- Points
- 20,049
- Rebounds
- 6,703
- Assists
- 2,283
- 3PM
- 227
Teams
- Clippers · 1982–1983
- Thunder · 1984–1988
- Suns · 1989–1993
- Jazz · 1994–1995
- Hornets · 1997
- 76ers · 1998
Honours
4× All-Star · 2× All-NBA
About the answer
The answer was CHAMBERS — 8 letters, made up of 8 distinct letters and beginning with C.
The optional hint offered that day read: “Power forward · debuted 1981”.
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. Tom Chambers qualifies on the first route, with 4 All-Star selections — a repeat selection.
With 6 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. 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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