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Sarah Ashlee Barker

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

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Talent score
44
#71 in the W
Trade value
44
#69 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 47
Contract surplus
+7.4
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 7.4 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Sarah Ashlee Barker

44
Portland Fire · G · age 24
Salary: $289KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$289K
44 talent
2027
$318K
45 proj
4051
2028
$359K
46 proj
4054

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
2027459.24.02.2
2028469.64.12.3

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 40
Los Angeles Sparks12-21 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 35
Connecticut Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 34

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Sarah Ashlee Barker — 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
Nyara Sabally
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Los Angeles Sparks sendscap-legal · 107% of her value
Cameron Brink
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Connecticut Sun sendscap-legal · 107% of her value
Aaliyah Edwards
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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.

  • Asjha Jones · 2003 · age 23
  • Tiffany Hayes · 2012 · age 23
  • Penny Taylor · 2003 · age 23

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