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Katie Lou Samuelson

Seattle Storm · bench scoring · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
27
#135 in the W
Trade value
25
#138 in the W
Contract surplus
-5.4
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
guards
bench scoring
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Samuelson is producing 5.4 pts below what her salary should buy — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Katie Lou Samuelson

27
Seattle Storm · bench scoring · age 28
Salary: $420KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$420K
27 talent
2027
$420K
25 proj
2032
2028
FA
24 proj
2032

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. Years marked FA are past her current deal — projection only.

Career stats
SeasonTeamGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTOVFG%3P%FT%
2019CHI207.62.40.80.30.30.10.231.6%27.6%80.0%
2020DAL2219.95.02.41.40.70.40.541.7%31.7%73.3%
2021SEA2721.07.03.51.70.70.31.145.6%35.1%73.1%
2022LAS3229.59.73.01.91.00.21.137.3%35.2%83.7%
2024IND3718.24.32.31.40.30.20.534.9%33.0%96.0%
2026SEA2315.74.52.10.80.70.00.443.4%37.0%73.9%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027254.52.00.9
2028244.01.90.9

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
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Chicago Sky9-18 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
build this trade (23% fit)
Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
build this trade (23% fit)

Seattle Storm 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.

  • Charde Houston · 2013 · age 28
  • Bria Holmes · 2021 · age 28
  • Ashley Battle · 2009 · age 28

Durability context: 60% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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