Deep
Bench

Seven prompts. A 24-second shot clock. The obvious answer loses.

Daily #1
Main game · today's seven

Any era

Every season since 1946–47 counts. One shared daily set for everyone.

Era challenges

Bonus games

Same rules, but only seasons from that era count. Each challenge has its own daily seven.

How scoring works

  1. One answer per prompt. The less a typical fan would tie that player to the prompt, the more points.
  2. Teams: a star's short or late-career stop scores high. A franchise lifer scores low, even if he's obscure.
  3. A real player who doesn't fit scores 0. Pick from the name list as you type, or type it out. Names the game doesn't know don't use up your answer.

Every answer comes with a reason, like "1 season, 56 games, final year of career". 7 prompts · 700 points and 658 ft max. Rarer answers are longer shots, and total distance breaks ties.

Data: Basketball-Reference via the open bball-reference-datasets project, through the 2025–26 season. Unofficial fan game, not affiliated with the NBA.