Natasha Cloud Traded to Liberty; Sun Receive 2 WNBA Draft Picks in Return

Natasha Cloud is headed to the New York Liberty after being traded from the Connecticut Sun, the team announced.

The Sun will receive the seventh overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft and a first-round pick in the 2026 draft in return for the former WNBA champion.

Cloud was a second-round pick in 2015 out of Maryland and spent her first eight seasons with the Washington Mystics, winning a championship with the team in 2019.

Last offseason, she signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Mercury, with whom she averaged 11.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 40 percent from the field.

It was announced in February that Cloud was involved in a four-team trade that sent her to the Sun. Following the trade, Cloud told reporters that the move was a "whirlwind" for her.

"The last few weeks have been a whirlwind, to say the least," Cloud told reporters. "I think for the public view, if this isn't proof enough of the business of the NBA, the WNBA ... this is what it is. It's really hard to be loyal to organizations in this situation when you can just up and move no matter what."

She added: "And so that was really hard for me, uprooting my family to the West Coast, being told I was going to retire as a Phoenix Mercury, and to then be shipped out and find out with you guys on social media, that was really fun for me."

The Sun had a massive offseason shift that saw their entire starting lineup traded or signed elsewhere, something Cloud will not have to deal with after being sent to the 2024 WNBA champions, the New York Liberty.

Cloud will fit in alongside Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, Leonie Fiebich and Jonquel Jones on the defending champions' roster.