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Dearica Hamby

Los Angeles Sparks · interior anchor · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
69
#14 in the W
Trade value
69
#19 in the W
Contract surplus
+0.7
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
bigs
interior anchor
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Hamby is outproducing her contract by 0.7 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Dearica Hamby

69
Los Angeles Sparks · interior anchor · age 32
Salary: $1100KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$1100K
69 talent
2027
$1123K
66 proj
6073
2028
$1178K
62 proj
5671

Projected per stat on the fitted league aging curves (scoring fades, rebounding holds, minutes drive late decline) — 4,700 player-seasons, 1997–2025. Ranges are 10th–90th percentile from held-out backtest error.

Career stats
SeasonTeamGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTOVFG%3P%FT%
2015SAS3117.46.14.10.70.40.21.335.4%35.3%64.2%
2016SAS2525.39.05.11.00.50.51.642.2%14.3%72.3%
2017SAS3420.27.84.21.00.90.31.445.7%37.5%60.8%
2018LVA3314.47.43.61.20.70.31.152.6%28.9%74.2%
2019LVA3424.811.07.61.91.00.41.848.8%32.1%71.8%
2020LVA2228.313.07.12.71.70.22.053.9%47.4%71.6%
2021LVA2924.511.66.71.71.10.11.554.5%25.0%65.5%
2022LVA3426.59.37.11.11.10.11.546.6%21.9%72.0%
2023LAS4024.78.95.91.80.80.31.443.1%22.0%64.8%
2024LAS4033.717.39.23.51.70.23.051.2%34.1%63.1%
2025LAS4431.218.47.93.31.60.52.757.2%27.8%62.7%
2026LA2629.514.87.52.41.60.42.053.5%23.3%71.9%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20276614.97.22.7
20286213.86.82.6

Future-year talent figures above are projections on the league aging curve (fit from 4,692 player-seasons, 1997–2025), not measurements — they fade in the display because they should.How the projections work →

Best team fits

Her attribute profile scored against each team's current roster deficits — where she'd fill the biggest hole, not just where she'd be fun.

Toronto Tempo10-16 · thinnest in rebounding / size + perimeter defense
build this trade (73% fit)
Chicago Sky9-18 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
build this trade (71% fit)
Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
build this trade (70% fit)

Los Angeles Sparks teammates

Aging comps

The closest player-seasons in league history (1997–2025) to her current age, per-36 profile, and role — the careers her projection walks alongside.

  • DeWanna Bonner · 2019 · age 32
  • Natasha Howard · 2023 · age 32
  • Brittney Griner · 2020 · age 30

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