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An all-new NBA Crossover Grid was released on Sept. 21.
The original basketball grid game remains popular among hoops fans who cannot wait for the 2023-24 season to start. It now has a "Grid History" feature that allows players to solve previous puzzles.
Thursday's grid has two special categories: a player who averaged 15 or more points in a season as a rookie and a player who averaged 15 or more points in a season aged 32 years or older.
On that note, here're the clues for Day 85 of the NBA Crossover Grid:
- Grid 1: Player who played for the Sacramento Kings and OKC Thunder
- Grid 2: Player who played for the Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks
- Grid 3: Player who played for the Sacramento Kings and averaged 15+ PPG as a rookie
- Grid 4: Player who played for the LA Lakers and OKC Thunder
- Grid 5: Player who played for the LA Lakers and New York Knicks
- Grid 6: Player who played for the LA Lakers and averaged 15+ PPG as a rookie
- Grid 7: Player who played for the OKC Thunder and averaged 15+PPG aged 32 or older
- Grid 8: Player who played for the New York Knicks and averaged 15+PPG aged 32 or older
- Grid 9: Player who averaged 15+ PPG as a rookie and averaged 15+PPG aged 32 or older
For Thursday's NBA Crossover Grid, let's try to answer grids 2 and 5: which New York Knicks players have also played for the Sacramento Kings and LA Lakers?
Iman Shumpert started his career as a first-round pick of the Knicks in 2011. Shumpert was in New York for three and a half seasons before he got traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015. He was acquired by the Kings three years later before the 2018 trade deadline.
Meanwhile, Carmelo Anthony suited up for both the Knicks and the Lakers. Anthony was acquired by the Knicks after he demanded a trade out of the Denver Nuggets in 2011. He played the final year of his career in Los Angeles during the 2021-22 NBA season.
NBA Crossover Grid alternative answers
Some grid players want to be atop the daily rankings, so they look for a low rarity score. Here're some alternative answers for grids 2 and 5.
Knicks-Kings players: Zach Randolph, Jerry Lucas, Trevor Ariza, Mike Bibby, Jerome James
Knicks-Lakers players: Jeremy Lin, Metta Sandiford-Artest, DeAndre Jordan, Dick Barnett, Wesley Matthews
Here's an example of a completed grid for Day 85:
