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Janelle Salaün

Golden State Valkyries · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
53
#42 in the W
Trade value
51
#44 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 57
Contract surplus
+7.6
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Salaün is outproducing her contract by 7.6 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Janelle Salaün

53
Golden State Valkyries · F · age 24
Salary: $500KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$500K
53 talent
2027
$520K
54 proj
4960
2028
FA
55 proj
4963

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%
2025GSV3627.011.35.11.20.60.11.540.6%36.6%80.6%
2026GSV3222.313.13.81.10.70.10.842.6%39.8%83.2%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20275412.64.31.3
20285513.04.41.4

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.

Toronto Tempo10-23 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size · 0.6M space
build this trade · fit score 37
Connecticut Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 36
Portland Fire14-20 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 36

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Janelle Salaün — 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.

Toronto Tempo sendsneeds a filler · 116% of her value
Marina Mabrey
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Connecticut Sun sendscap-legal · 92% of her value
Aaliyah Edwards
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Portland Fire sendscap-legal · 100% of her value
Megan DiLeo
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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.

Golden State Valkyries 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.

  • LaToya Thomas · 2004 · age 23
  • Crystal Kelly · 2008 · age 22
  • Sidney Spencer · 2007 · age 23

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