Overview
- Natasha Cloud, a 10-year guard who started 41 games for New York in 2025, is still a free agent with the WNBA season set to open May 8, following Sunday’s public vote of confidence from Liberty GM Jonathan Kolb.
- Kolb called Cloud a phenomenal player who belongs in the league and said New York’s choice reflected roster targets and salary constraints tied to a fast-moving market.
- New York locked in Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, and Jonquel Jones on multiyear deals and signed Satou Sabally, leaving little cap room or role for Cloud once Betnijah Laney-Hamilton returned healthy.
- League sources told The Athletic that social-media claims Cloud is being blackballed are false and that several teams have expressed interest, though some fans online have questioned that reporting.
- This offseason’s CBA timeline compressed free agency into an April five-day negotiation window, which sped up decisions across the league as Cloud switched agents and posted on April 19 that she was okay while processing the setback.