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Makayla Timpson

Indiana Fever · rim protector · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
30
#123 in the W
Trade value
30
#112 in the W
Contract surplus
-1.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
bigs
rim protector
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Timpson is producing 1.3 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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Makayla Timpson

30
Indiana Fever · rim protector · age 23
Salary: $278KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$278K
30 talent
2027
$305K
31 proj
2637
2028
$345K
32 proj
2640

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%
2025IND317.12.61.80.00.40.30.356.1%0.0%66.7%
2026IND2615.13.74.00.50.50.70.657.8%0.0%71.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027314.13.50.6
2028324.33.60.6

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
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Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
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Chicago Sky9-18 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
build this trade (27% fit)

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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.

  • Rebekkah Brunson · 2004 · age 23
  • Kelsey Griffin · 2011 · age 24
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa · 2023 · age 23

Durability context: 50% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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