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Kate Martin

Los Angeles Sparks · G · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
20
#169 in the W
Trade value
20
#169 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Martin is producing 0.3 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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Kate Martin

20
Los Angeles Sparks · G · age 26
Salary: $144KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$144K
20 talent
2027
$289K
20 proj
2027
2028
FA
20 proj
2026

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%
2024LVA3411.52.61.60.90.20.20.630.7%35.5%91.7%
2025GSV4216.46.22.71.00.40.10.832.3%31.0%78.0%
2026LA156.92.40.90.30.20.10.136.4%29.2%62.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027202.91.20.5
2028202.91.10.5

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 12
Las Vegas Aces24-11 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size · 0.1M space
build this trade · fit score 11
Dallas Wings20-15 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense · 0.3M space
build this trade · fit score 11

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Kate Martin — 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 sendscap-legal · 110% of her value
Temi Fagbenle
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Las Vegas Aces sendscap-legal · 105% of her value
Brianna Turner
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Dallas Wings sendscap-legal · 100% of her value
Alysha Clark
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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.

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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.

  • Carla Boyd · 2001 · age 26
  • Deanna Jackson · 2005 · age 26
  • Shekinna Stricklen · 2016 · age 26

Durability context: 65% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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