Poeltl NBA Player Guide: Best First Guesses in the League

In Poeltl, you have 8 guesses to find a secret active NBA player based on 7 categories: Team, Conference, Division, Position, Height, Age, and Number. If you guess an extreme player like 39-year-old LeBron James or 7'4" Victor Wembanyama on Guess 1, you learn very little about the league's median player base.

The Ideal First Guess in Poeltl

You want a player situated right around the NBA averages: 6'6" - 6'7" Height, 26-27 Years Old, Forward/Guard hybrid, and Western or Eastern conference center-point.

• Mikal Bridges (NYK): 6'6" Small Forward, age 28, jersey #25 in the Atlantic Division (Eastern Conference). Testing Bridges gives immediate arrows on height (taller vs shorter than 6'6") and age (younger vs older than 28).
• Aaron Gordon (DEN): 6'8" Power Forward, age 29 in the Northwest Division (Western Conference). Perfect for probing Western conference wings and bigs.

Reading Directional Arrows in Poeltl

Yellow borders indicate you are within 2 inches of height, within 2 years of age, or within 2 jersey numbers. If age is yellow with a down arrow (↓), you know the mystery player is either exactly 1 or 2 years younger.