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Bridget Carleton

Portland Fire · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
52
#48 in the W
Trade value
45
#67 in the W
Contract surplus
-19.2
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Carleton is producing 19.2 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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Bridget Carleton

52
Portland Fire · F · age 29
Salary: $1190KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$1190K
52 talent
2027
$1250K
50 proj
4457
2028
$1309K
48 proj
4156

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%
2019CON47.30.00.80.30.00.00.30.0%0.0%0.0%
2019MIN42.80.80.30.00.00.00.050.0%50.0%0.0%
2020MIN2225.86.63.52.50.70.01.252.0%45.7%64.3%
2021MIN3219.34.82.31.50.80.20.840.1%36.5%80.0%
2022MIN3616.84.32.11.10.40.10.640.0%34.9%73.1%
2023MIN3815.13.22.30.90.30.10.434.5%33.7%73.3%
2024MIN3929.99.63.82.21.00.31.044.4%44.4%78.9%
2025MIN4427.96.53.62.00.80.30.840.2%37.3%72.0%
2026POR3330.314.64.52.11.50.51.241.5%39.1%88.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20275010.84.02.1
20284810.13.82.1

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.

Connecticut Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 43
Washington Mystics19-14 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 37

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Bridget Carleton — assembled and priced by the same engine that grades trades, most valuable pieces first until the outgoing value matches hers. Open one in the machine to tweak it.

Connecticut Sun sendscap-legal · 104% of her value
Aaliyah Edwards
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Washington Mystics sendscap-legal · 93% of her value
Lauren Betts
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A starting point, not a prediction — each package is the fewest fair pieces by model value, and a real deal would flex around roster fit and both front offices. “Needs a filler” means the salaries don't yet fit under the cap without another piece.

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.

  • Eva Nemcova · 1999 · age 27
  • DeWanna Bonner · 2014 · age 27
  • Karima Christmas-Kelly · 2017 · age 28

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