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Nyadiew Puoch

Portland Fire · defensive specialist · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
20
#180 in the W
Trade value
20
#180 in the W
Contract surplus
-1.7
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
guards
defensive specialist
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2029, Puoch is producing 1.7 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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Nyadiew Puoch

20
Portland Fire · defensive specialist · age 22
Salary: $289KYears left: 4
Contract outlook
2026
$289K
20 talent
2027
$301K
20 proj
2027
2028
$331K
20 proj
2026
2029
$374K
20 proj
2026

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%
2026POR2616.53.01.60.70.60.10.532.7%17.0%50.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027204.51.81.0
2028204.71.91.1

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 (21% fit)

Portland Fire 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.

  • Leaonna Odom · 2020 · age 23
  • Kalana Greene · 2010 · age 23
  • Lexie Hull · 2022 · age 23

Durability context: 57% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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