Natasha Cloud, a former WNBA champion and one of the biggest names unsigned in free agency, joined the Chicago Sky on Monday.
The team did not release terms of the deal, but ESPN reported it was a one-year contract for $555,000.
Cloud, 34, enters her 11th WNBA season with her fourth team, and her third new club in as many years. After Cloud spent 2024 with the Phoenix Mercury, a pair of offseason trades sent her to the New York Liberty for the 2025 season.
Cloud averaged 10.1 points, 5.1 assists, 3.7
rebounds and 1.2 steals per game for the Liberty while playing 41 of a possible 44 games (all starts). That rose to 12.7 points per game with 50% shooting from 3-point range in three playoff games.
Cloud was a three-time selection to the All-WNBA defensive team (2019, 2022, 2024) and won a league title with the Washington Mystics in 2019.
In 327 career games (283 starts) with Washington (2015-19, 2021-23), Phoenix and New York, Cloud has posted 8.8 points, 5.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game. A top playoff performer, she has averaged 11.0 points, 4.6 assist and 43.5% 3-point shooting in 35 postseason games (29 starts).
"Natasha is one of the best passers and defenders in our league," Chicago general manager Jeff Pagliocca said Monday in a statement. "She fits in with the other proven winners on our roster."
The signing followed Chicago's decision Monday to waive point guard Hailey Van Lith, a first-round draft pick in 2025. The 24-year-old averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 assists in 29 games (no starts) as a rookie in 2025.
--Field Level Media
