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NaLyssa Smith

Las Vegas Aces · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
52
#48 in the W
Trade value
51
#45 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 56
Contract surplus
+6.9
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Smith is outproducing her contract by 6.9 pts of talent. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

NaLyssa Smith headshot

NaLyssa Smith

52
Las Vegas Aces · F · age 26
Value & contract
Talent
52
Rotation
Trade value
51
Rotation
Surplus
+6.9
Underpaid
Talent trend52▼ -1
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract1 yr · $450K gtd
2026$450KGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 38 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
68
11.7
Assists
20
0.9
Rebounds
87
6.4
Usage
52
17.8 %
Efficiency
97
64 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 1,864 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
15
−1.7
Defense
17
−1.6

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

Stands out for efficiency and rebounding; offense is the soft spot. Reads as a Rotation-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
52 talent
2027 · FA
52 proj
47–58
2028 · FA
52 proj
46–60

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%
2022IND3230.713.57.91.40.50.32.441.9%38.1%61.8%
2023IND3128.515.59.21.40.30.32.747.7%28.4%67.7%
2024IND4024.810.67.11.00.81.01.348.0%29.2%56.7%
2025DAL/LV2722.78.25.30.70.70.51.355.6%37.5%60.7%
2026LV3824.311.76.40.90.60.70.963.8%12.5%57.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20275210.76.01.0
20285210.75.91.1

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 44
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 41
Los Angeles Sparks16-28 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.5M space
build this trade · fit score 37

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for NaLyssa Smith, 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 C+ · LV C+
Laura Juskaite
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · LV B-
Emily Engstler
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV C+ · LV B-
Iliana Rupert2027 1st
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN B- · LV C+
Aaliyah Edwards
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · LV B-
DeWanna Bonner
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · LV C+
Tonie Morgan
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New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · LV B-
Pauline Astier
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · LV B-
Lauren Betts2027 1st
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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.

Las Vegas Aces 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.

  • Latasha Byears · 1999 · age 26
  • Asjha Jones · 2006 · age 26
  • Natalie Achonwa · 2018 · age 26

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