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Sarah Ashlee Barker

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

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Talent score
43
#73 in the W
Trade value
42
#73 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 46
Contract surplus
+6.1
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Barker is outproducing her contract by 6.1 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Sarah Ashlee Barker

43
Portland Fire · G · age 25
Value & contract
Talent
43
Rotation
Trade value
42
Replacement
Surplus
+6.1
Underpaid
Talent trend43– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract3 yrs · $0K gtd
2026$289KNON-GTD
2027$318KNON-GTD
2028$359KOPT
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 26 GP

Below the >70%-of-team-games qualified cutoff — percentiles are indicative, still ranked against the qualified pool.

PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
65
10.7
Assists
67
2.4
Rebounds
74
4.5
Usage
58
18.8 %
Efficiency
78
60 % TS
A balanced profile without a standout skill. Reads as a Rotation-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
43 talent
2027
44 proj
39–50
2028
44 proj
38–52

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%
2025LAS3414.13.11.90.90.30.11.133.7%29.5%70.8%
2026POR2624.710.74.52.40.90.32.050.2%40.0%74.3%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027449.24.02.1
2028449.23.92.2

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.

Atlanta Dream30-14 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 35
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 35
New York Liberty26-18 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 35

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Sarah Ashlee Barker, 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+
Marina Mabrey
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Chicago Sky sendsCHI C+ · POR C+
Skylar Diggins
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Phoenix Mercury sendsPHX C+ · POR C+
Kahleah Copper
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Las Vegas Aces sendsLV C+ · POR B-
NaLyssa Smith
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Indiana Fever sendsIND C+ · POR B-
2027 1stSophie Cunningham
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Dallas Wings sendsDAL C+ · POR C+
Awak Kuier
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · POR C+
Brionna Jones
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C+ · POR C+
Olivia Nelson-Ododa
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New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · POR C+
Sabrina Ionescu
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV C+ · POR C+
Tiffany Hayes
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · POR B-
Rae Burrell
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C+ · POR B-
Natisha Hiedeman
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Minnesota Lynx sendsMIN B- · POR C+
2027 1stNia Brodie
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · POR B-
Lauren Betts
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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.

  • Shenise Johnson · 2015 · age 25
  • Barbara Turner · 2008 · age 25
  • Brittney Sykes · 2019 · age 26

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