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Dominique Malonga

Seattle Storm · C · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
65
#23 in the W
Trade value
75
#14 in the W
Contract surplus
+24.0
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
C
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Malonga is outproducing her contract by 24.0 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

Dominique Malonga headshot

Dominique Malonga

65
Seattle Storm · C · age 20
Drafted: 2025 Rd1 Pk2
Value & contract
Talent
65
All-Star
Trade value
75
All-Star
Surplus
+24
Bargain
Talent trend65▲ +1
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract3 yrs · $0K gtd
2026$467KNON-GTD
2027$514KNON-GTD
2028$580KOPT
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 35 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
90
17.1
Assists
52
1.7
Rebounds
94
8.8
Usage
98
28.7 %
Efficiency
44
55 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 1,720 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
17
−1.4
Defense
18
−1.5

wRAPM — her effect on team net scoring per 100 possessions, adjusted for teammates and opponents.

Stands out for usage and rebounding; offense is the soft spot. Reads as an All-Star-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
65 talent
2027
68 proj
63–74
2028
70 proj
64–78

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%
2025SEA4214.37.74.60.90.40.71.155.1%22.2%56.9%
2026SEA3526.417.18.81.71.01.42.748.8%27.9%73.8%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20276815.87.91.8
20287017.28.32.0

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.

Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 61
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 56
Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 44

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Dominique Malonga, 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 B · SEA C
Kiki Rice2027 3th
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Phoenix Mercury sendsPHX B · SEA C
Kelsey Plum2027 1st
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · SEA B-
Carla Leite
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV B- · SEA C
Veronica Burton2027 1st
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Indiana Fever sendsIND B- · SEA C+
Aliyah Boston
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN B · SEA C
Leila Lacan2027 1st
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C · SEA B
Angel Reese
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA B- · SEA C+
Nneka Ogwumike2027 1st
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Minnesota Lynx sendsMIN B · SEA C
Natasha Howard2027 1st
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH B- · SEA C+
Kiki Iriafen
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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.

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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.

  • Nneka Ogwumike · 2013 · age 23
  • Maria Kliundikova · 2019 · age 21
  • A'ja Wilson · 2018 · age 22

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