NBA Connections

NBA Connections is a daily basketball puzzle from HoopGrids where your mission is to sort 16 NBA players into four groups of four based on hidden connections.

You're given a grid of 16 current stars, legends, and rising talents. Your job is to spot what ties certain players together and lock in groups of four. Connections can be anything: teammates on a franchise, draft class, All-Star appearances, college, position, physical traits, awards, or deeper statistical quirks.

• Select four players you think share a connection, then submit.
• Get it right and the connection is revealed with a difficulty color (easier categories are lighter, tougher ones darker).
• Get it wrong and you lose a guess. You have four incorrect guesses before the puzzle ends.
• Solve all four groups to win the day.
• Two hint options are available: a small hint reveals two players from the easiest remaining group, while a big hint reveals the connection text itself.
• A fresh puzzle drops every day with a new roster and new connections to uncover.

Why we like it:

• ✅Combines hoops knowledge with lateral thinking in a way that rewards both stats nerds and casual fans.
• ✅The difficulty color system adds genuine strategy to which group you solve first.
• ✅Even a failed puzzle teaches you something unexpected about players you thought you knew.

Hint: Start with the most obvious grouping you can see. Locking in an easy category shrinks the grid and makes the trickier connections pop. Don't overthink the first group.