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Kia Nurse

Toronto Tempo · bench scoring · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
20
#177 in the W
Trade value
20
#177 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
guards
bench scoring
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Nurse is producing 0.3 pts below what her salary should buy. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

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Kia Nurse

20
Toronto Tempo · bench scoring · age 30
Salary: $278KYears left: 1
Contract outlook
2026
$278K
20 talent
2027
FA
20 proj
2027
2028
FA
20 proj
2029

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%
2018NYL3422.89.12.41.60.70.10.940.2%29.4%87.0%
2019NYL3429.413.72.52.30.70.11.639.3%35.3%87.2%
2020NYL2127.512.22.92.30.50.22.227.3%23.8%86.4%
2021PHO3226.19.53.51.80.50.11.535.9%35.3%79.0%
2023SEA4019.75.82.31.30.60.10.734.3%35.0%88.9%
2024LAS4020.37.61.61.30.50.01.238.8%33.1%79.3%
2025CHI4421.97.22.31.30.30.01.335.4%33.5%79.0%
2026TOR2611.74.71.00.70.30.00.335.0%31.4%93.9%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027205.31.51.0
2028204.61.40.9

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.

Chicago Sky9-18 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
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Connecticut Sun7-20 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling
build this trade (18% fit)
Dallas Wings18-9 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
build this trade (18% fit)

Toronto Tempo 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.

  • Gordana Grubin · 2001 · age 29
  • Essence Carson · 2015 · age 29
  • Iziane Castro Marques · 2011 · age 30

Durability context: 55% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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