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Nyadiew Puoch

Portland Fire · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
20
#190 in the W
Trade value
20
#190 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.2
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2029, Puoch is producing 0.2 pts below what her salary should buy — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

Nyadiew Puoch headshot

Nyadiew Puoch

20
Portland Fire · F · age 22
Value & contract
Talent
20
Replacement
Trade value
20
Replacement
Surplus
-0.2
Fair value
Talent trend20– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract4 yrs · $289K gtd
2026$289KGTD
2027$301KNON-GTD
2028$331KNON-GTD
2029$374KOPT
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 42 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
18
4.3
Assists
15
0.8
Rebounds
28
2.2
Usage
14
12.8 %
Efficiency
6
45 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 1,381 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
36
−0.9
Defense
37
−0.7

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

A balanced profile without a standout skill; efficiency is the soft spot. Reads as a Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
20 talent
2027
23 proj
20–30
2028
24 proj
20–30
2029
25 proj
20–31

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%
2026POR4218.54.32.20.80.70.10.636.6%24.4%63.9%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027235.42.31.0
2028245.72.41.1

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.

New York Liberty26-18 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 22
Atlanta Dream30-14 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 21
Los Angeles Sparks16-28 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.5M space
build this trade · fit score 21

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Nyadiew Puoch, 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+ · POR C+
Temi Fagbenle
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Phoenix Mercury sendsPHX B- · POR C+
Sami Whitcomb
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Indiana Fever sendsIND C · POR B-
Sophie Cunningham
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Las Vegas Aces sendsLV C+ · POR C+
Stephanie Talbot
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New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · POR B-
Raquel Carrera
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Dallas Wings sendsDAL C+ · POR B-
Odyssey Sims
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · POR B-
Te-Hina Paopao
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · POR B-
Chance Gray
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN B- · POR C+
Kennedy Burke
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA B- · POR C+
Katie Lou Samuelson
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV C+ · POR B-
Juste Jocyte
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH B- · POR B-
Lucy Olsen
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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.

Portland Fire 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.

  • Leaonna Odom · 2020 · age 23
  • Briana Butler · 2012 · age 22
  • Kalana Greene · 2010 · age 23

Durability context: 55% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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