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Kennedy Burke

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

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Talent score
35
#97 in the W
Trade value
24
#141 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 25
Contract surplus
-26.1
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Burke is producing 26.1 pts below what her salary should buy. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

Kennedy Burke headshot

Kennedy Burke

35
Connecticut Sun · G · age 29
Value & contract
Talent
35
Replacement
Trade value
24
Replacement
Surplus
-26.1
Albatross
Talent trend35– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract1 yr · $1M gtd
2026$1MGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 37 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
54
8.8
Assists
44
1.4
Rebounds
53
3.2
Usage
51
17.4 %
Efficiency
30
52 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 1,808 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
14
−1.8
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; offense is the soft spot. Reads as a Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
35 talent
2027 · FA
33 proj
27–40
2028 · FA
32 proj
25–40

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%
2019IND3113.74.41.50.70.60.30.738.5%35.0%70.5%
2020IND2218.37.21.81.10.60.41.244.9%31.3%71.4%
2021SEA237.72.90.80.30.30.10.544.6%33.3%62.5%
2022WAS1613.95.42.20.41.00.20.544.6%34.4%58.8%
2024NYL3912.03.51.50.90.60.30.741.5%27.1%66.7%
2025NYL3621.68.12.41.30.80.40.946.8%41.4%75.9%
2026CONN3723.88.83.21.41.20.81.540.1%32.4%71.3%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027338.02.81.4
2028327.52.71.4

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.

Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 37
Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 31

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Kennedy Burke, 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.

Atlanta Dream sendsATL C · CONN B
Naz Hillmon
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C · CONN B-
Teja Oblak
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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.

  • Amanda Lassiter · 2006 · age 28
  • Sylvia Crawley · 2002 · age 30
  • Marissa Coleman · 2015 · age 29

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