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Veronica Burton

Golden State Valkyries · G · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
64
#24 in the W
Trade value
66
#22 in the W
Contract surplus
+4.5
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Burton is outproducing her contract by 4.5 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Veronica Burton

64
Golden State Valkyries · G · age 26
Salary: $925KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$925K
64 talent
2027
$971K
64 proj
5970
2028
$1018K
64 proj
5872

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%
2022DAL3615.22.61.51.90.90.31.032.9%27.9%100.0%
2023DAL4013.92.41.82.20.70.20.429.4%27.1%91.2%
2024CON3112.73.11.41.90.50.20.536.1%35.1%83.8%
2025GSV4429.411.94.46.01.10.62.138.7%34.5%87.8%
2026GSV3328.612.33.55.51.40.51.542.7%36.2%81.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20276412.03.85.5
20286412.03.85.6

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.

Los Angeles Sparks12-21 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 60
Washington Mystics19-14 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 56
Connecticut Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 53

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Veronica Burton — 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.

Los Angeles Sparks sendsneeds a filler · 117% of her value
Nneka Ogwumike
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Washington Mystics sendscap-legal · 118% of her value
Sonia Citron
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Connecticut Sun sendscap-legal · 95% of her value
Leila Lacan
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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.

  • Courtney Vandersloot · 2015 · age 27
  • Lindsay Whalen · 2007 · age 26
  • Danielle Robinson · 2014 · age 26

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