NBA Connections answers for October 10, 2026 (#2)

Spoilers below. The four groups of NBA Connections #2 (October 10, 2026), easiest first: Played for the Milwaukee Bucks; Listed as a forward; Played for the Rockets and the Clippers; One franchise only, 10+ seasons.

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The four groups

  1. Played for the Milwaukee Bucks Yellow (easiest)

    • Monta Ellis · Bucks: 2011–12 to 2012–13
    • Damian Lillard · Bucks: 2023–24 to 2024–25
    • Oscar Robertson · Bucks: 1970–71 to 1973–74
    • Wayne Embry · Bucks: 1968–69

  2. Listed as a forward Green

    • Derrick Coleman · listed as PF/C
    • Kwame Brown · listed as PF/C
    • Phil Jackson · listed as PF
    • Shawn Kemp · listed as PF/C

  3. Played for the Rockets and the Clippers Blue

    • Rick Brunson · Rockets 2005–06; Clippers 2004–05
    • Russell Westbrook · Rockets 2019–20; Clippers 2022–23 to 2023–24
    • Chris Paul · Rockets 2017–18 to 2018–19; Clippers 2011–12 to 2025–26
    • John Wall · Rockets 2020–21 to 2021–22; Clippers 2022–23

  4. One franchise only, 10+ seasons Purple (trickiest)

    • Bill Russell · 13 seasons, all with the Celtics
    • Magic Johnson · 13 seasons, all with the Lakers
    • Kobe Bryant · 20 seasons, all with the Lakers
    • Reggie Miller · 18 seasons, all with the Pacers

How the groups are checked

Each group is a fact from the players' English Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA 4.0): the franchises he played at least one NBA season for, his listed positions, his college, his draft line, his All-Star selections and the Hall of Fame. Before the puzzle was published, all 64 player-and-group pairs were checked: every player fits his own group and, by the data, none of the other three.

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