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Aaliyah Edwards

Connecticut Sun · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
44
#66 in the W
Trade value
46
#62 in the W
Contract surplus
+5.2
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Edwards is outproducing her contract by 5.2 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

Aaliyah Edwards headshot

Aaliyah Edwards

44
Connecticut Sun · F · age 24
Drafted: 2024 Rd1 Pk6
Value & contract
Talent
44
Rotation
Trade value
46
Rotation
Surplus
+5.2
Underpaid
Talent trend44▼ -1
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract2 yrs · $424K gtd
2026$376KNON-GTD
2027$424KGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 30 GP

Below the >70%-of-team-games qualified cutoff — percentiles are indicative, still ranked against the qualified pool.

PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
66
11.1
Assists
26
1.0
Rebounds
78
4.7
Usage
83
23.5 %
Efficiency
64
57 % TS
Stands out for usage. Reads as a Rotation-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
44 talent
2027
45 proj
40–51
2028 · FA
46 proj
40–54

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%
2024WSH3421.87.65.61.40.70.81.549.0%0.0%65.0%
2025WSH/CON1517.04.64.20.70.90.51.240.0%0.0%67.7%
2026CONN3020.611.14.71.00.80.31.751.8%38.9%72.8%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20274510.14.61.1
20284610.44.71.2

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.

Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 37
New York Liberty26-18 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 32
Los Angeles Sparks16-28 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.5M space
build this trade · fit score 32

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Aaliyah Edwards, built and graded by the same engine that grades trades. A deal only appears if it’s cap-legal both ways and lands within one letter grade on both sides — the model’s bar for a fair trade. Sorted by which teams most need her; open one in the machine to tweak it.

Toronto Tempo sendsTOR C+ · CONN C+
Marina Mabrey
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Chicago Sky sendsCHI C+ · CONN C+
Rickea Jackson
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Phoenix Mercury sendsPHX B- · CONN C+
Kahleah Copper
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · CONN B-
Emily Engstler
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV C+ · CONN C
Tiffany Hayes
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Las Vegas Aces sendsLV C+ · CONN B-
NaLyssa Smith
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Dallas Wings sendsDAL B- · CONN C+
Awak Kuier
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · CONN C+
Brionna Jones
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New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · CONN C+
Sabrina Ionescu
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · CONN C+
Rae Burrell
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C+ · CONN C+
Natisha Hiedeman
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Minnesota Lynx sendsMIN C · CONN C+
Courtney Williams
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · CONN B-
Lauren Betts
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A starting point, not a prediction — each package is the fewest fair pieces the model can assemble, and a real deal would flex around roster fit and both front offices.

Connecticut Sun 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.

  • Tasha Humphrey · 2008 · age 23
  • Betty Lennox · 2001 · age 25
  • Sandrine Gruda · 2010 · age 24

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