NBA Connections answers for October 15, 2026 (#7)
Spoilers below. The four groups of NBA Connections #7 (October 15, 2026), easiest first: Played for the Miami Heat; Played for the Brooklyn Nets; NBA debut in the 2010s; Drafted in 1967.
The four groups
- Rashard Lewis · Heat: 2012–13 to 2013–14
- LeBron James · Heat: 2010–11 to 2013–14
- Gary Payton · Heat: 2005–06 to 2006–07
- Brent Barry · Heat: 1997–98
- Hubert Davis · Nets: 2003–04
- Maurice Cheeks · Nets: 1992–93
- Dražen Petrović · Nets: 1990–91 to 1992–93
- Bob McAdoo · Nets: 1980–81
NBA debut in the 2010s Blue
- Giannis Antetokounmpo · first NBA season 2013–14
- Joe Ingles · first NBA season 2014–15
- Nikola Jokić · first NBA season 2015–16
- Jalen Brunson · first NBA season 2018–19
Drafted in 1967 Purple (trickiest)
- Walt Frazier · 1967 draft, round 1, pick 5
- Pat Riley · 1967 draft, round 1, pick 7
- Earl Monroe · 1967 draft, round 1, pick 2
- Jimmy Walker · 1967 draft, round 1, pick 1
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.