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Lauren Betts

Washington Mystics · C · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
41
#78 in the W
Trade value
42
#73 in the W
Contract surplus
+2.4
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
C
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2029, Betts is outproducing her contract by 2.4 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Lauren Betts

41
Washington Mystics · C · age 22
Salary: $407KYears left: 4
Contract outlook
2026
$407K
41 talent
2027
$423K
43 proj
3550
2028
$466K
45 proj
3751
2029
$526K
46 proj
3852

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%
2026WSH3316.76.34.30.90.50.70.955.0%0.0%71.7%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027437.24.31.1
2028457.54.51.2

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 39
Portland Fire14-20 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 31
Los Angeles Sparks12-21 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 30

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Lauren Betts — 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 · 119% of her value
Julie Allemand
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Portland Fire sendsneeds a filler · 112% of her value
2027 1st
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Los Angeles Sparks sendscap-legal · 112% of her value
Cameron Brink
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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.

Washington Mystics 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.

  • Shenise Johnson · 2012 · age 22
  • Erlana Larkins · 2008 · age 23
  • Nicole Powell · 2004 · age 23

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