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Natasha Cloud

Chicago Sky · defensive specialist · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
49
#52 in the W
Trade value
51
#45 in the W
Contract surplus
+4.2
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
guards
defensive specialist
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Cloud is outproducing her contract by 4.2 pts of talent. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

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Natasha Cloud

49
Chicago Sky · defensive specialist · age 34
Salary: $555KYears left: 1
Contract outlook
2026
$555K
49 talent
2027
FA
44 proj
3851
2028
FA
39 proj
3348

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%
2015WAS3419.33.62.83.40.90.11.432.3%23.7%68.1%
2016WAS3124.35.73.03.80.80.11.434.8%33.8%75.4%
2017WAS2418.64.42.52.90.70.11.031.4%23.5%74.1%
2018WAS2726.58.63.24.60.80.11.743.6%38.6%77.8%
2019WAS3432.29.02.55.61.00.21.939.4%32.6%68.3%
2021WAS2731.68.73.66.41.40.12.238.9%27.4%83.6%
2022WAS3431.310.73.67.01.00.32.839.9%31.9%82.4%
2023WAS3732.412.73.76.21.10.32.637.7%29.8%90.0%
2024PHO3833.311.54.16.91.40.63.039.7%30.8%82.6%
2025NYL4110.13.75.11.20.3
2026CHI2628.09.83.34.61.00.32.244.1%32.9%82.9%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027448.43.24.2
2028397.02.83.8

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.

Indiana Fever17-10 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense
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Los Angeles Sparks10-16 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
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Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
build this trade (49% fit)

Chicago Sky 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.

  • Danielle Robinson · 2021 · age 33
  • Erica Wheeler · 2023 · age 33
  • Leilani Mitchell · 2017 · age 33

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