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Zia Cooke

Seattle Storm · combo guard · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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

In 2026, Cooke 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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Zia Cooke

20
Seattle Storm · combo guard · age 25
Salary: $278KYears left: 1
Contract outlook
2026
$278K
20 talent
2027
FA
21 proj
2027
2028
FA
21 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%
2023LAS3914.14.80.90.80.30.30.728.9%26.1%81.3%
2024LAS298.93.60.60.60.30.10.732.1%29.7%69.0%
2025SEA2610.03.50.50.50.40.00.835.7%39.5%65.2%
2026SEA2915.07.61.81.00.30.01.135.0%30.9%82.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027216.81.71.0
2028216.81.71.0

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
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Dallas Wings18-9 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
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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.

  • Kahleah Copper · 2019 · age 25
  • LaToya Thomas · 2007 · age 26
  • Jelena Milovanovic · 2014 · age 26

Durability context: 38% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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