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Nia Coffey

Minnesota Lynx · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
38
#87 in the W
Trade value
38
#80 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.7
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Coffey is producing 0.7 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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Nia Coffey

38
Minnesota Lynx · F · age 31
Salary: $350KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$350K
38 talent
2027
$368K
36 proj
3043
2028
FA
33 proj
2742

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%
2017SAS277.81.81.90.20.20.20.627.1%0.0%72.7%
2018LVA2813.85.32.40.60.30.21.338.0%40.0%61.8%
2019ATL2813.95.02.80.40.50.50.833.8%37.9%54.8%
2020PHO1515.32.72.50.80.30.30.542.1%33.3%16.7%
2021LAS3225.28.23.80.90.81.21.442.1%41.7%77.8%
2022ATL1621.06.45.20.80.60.12.234.7%29.0%74.2%
2023ATL3121.96.94.81.50.51.21.443.2%40.2%62.5%
2024ATL4013.33.22.41.10.30.71.032.4%27.3%76.2%
2025ATL4410.33.92.61.00.20.40.737.4%29.3%72.0%
2026MIN3523.36.64.61.90.91.10.744.0%37.4%54.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027365.33.71.5
2028334.63.41.4

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 46
Los Angeles Sparks12-21 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 36
Portland Fire14-20 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 35

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Nia Coffey — 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 · 118% of her value
Laura Juskaite
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsneeds a filler · 108% of her value
2027 1st
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Portland Fire sendsneeds a filler · 118% of her value
Bridget Carleton
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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.

  • Theresa Plaisance · 2021 · age 30
  • Margo Dydek · 2004 · age 31

Durability context: 38% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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