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Gianna Kneepkens

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

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Talent score
21
#167 in the W
Trade value
21
#162 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.2
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2029, Kneepkens is producing 0.2 pts below what her salary should buy — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

Gianna Kneepkens headshot

Gianna Kneepkens

21
Connecticut Sun · G · age 23
Value & contract
Talent
21
Replacement
Trade value
21
Replacement
Surplus
-0.2
Fair value
Talent trend21▲ +1
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract4 yrs · $289K gtd
2026$289KGTD
2027$301KNON-GTD
2028$331KNON-GTD
2029$374KOPT
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 36 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
10
3.5
Assists
9
0.6
Rebounds
13
1.4
Usage
27
15.5 %
Efficiency
18
49 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 590 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
36
−0.9
Defense
46
−0.5

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

A balanced profile without a standout skill; assists is the soft spot. Reads as a Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
21 talent
2027
21 proj
20–28
2028
21 proj
20–27
2029
22 proj
20–28

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%
2026CONN3610.23.51.40.60.20.10.337.9%22.0%96.2%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027213.81.60.7
2028214.11.60.8

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 14
Atlanta Dream30-14 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 13
New York Liberty26-18 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 13

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Gianna Kneepkens, 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- · CONN C+
Temi Fagbenle
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Phoenix Mercury sendsPHX B- · CONN C+
Valeriane Ayayi
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · CONN C+
Amy Okonkwo
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Las Vegas Aces sendsLV C+ · CONN C+
Stephanie Talbot
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · CONN C+
Te-Hina Paopao
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Dallas Wings sendsDAL C+ · CONN C+
Odyssey Sims
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV C+ · CONN B-
Juste Jocyte
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Indiana Fever sendsIND C+ · CONN B-
Sophie Cunningham
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New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · CONN B-
Marine Fauthoux
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · CONN B-
Chance Gray
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA B- · CONN C+
Katie Lou Samuelson
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · CONN C+
Lucy Olsen
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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.

  • Jaynetta Saunders · 2002 · age 23
  • Crystal Kelly · 2009 · age 23
  • Barbara Turner · 2007 · age 24

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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