Natasha Cloud Team

Natasha Cloud is an American basketball player who represents Jordan in international basketball. In the 2021 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup held in Amman, Jordan, Natasha Cloud played four games and averaged 21.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 7.3 assists per game, as per FIBA basketball stats. She helped Jordan reach the promotion playoff final but Jordan lost to Lebanon, missing promotion to Division A.

Before joining the WNBA, Cloud played college basketball at Maryland and Saint Joseph’s University. After her freshman year with the Maryland Terrapins (2010-11), where she averaged 2.5 points and 2.0 assists in 31 games, she transferred to Saint Joseph’s and sat out a year due to transfer rules. At Maryland, she ranked third on the team in assists. As a senior in college, Cloud averaged 12.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.6 assists, and 1.8 steals per game. During her college career, Natasha Cloud was named to the All-A-10 second team and A-10 All-Defense team in her junior (2013-14) and senior (2014-15) years. With an average of 2 steals per game with 64 total steals, Cloud also won A-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2013-14.

What team does Natasha Cloud play for?

Natasha Cloud plays for the Connecticut Sun as of January 2025 but played for the Phoenix Mercury for the 2024 season. She was drafted as the 15th overall pick by the Washington Mystics and made 248 appearances over eight seasons. She then signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Mercury before the start of the 2024 season.

Natasha Cloud played eight seasons with the Mystics and broke several franchise records while also winning the 2019 WNBA Championship. She also earned All-league honors, made two WNBA All-Defensive teams (first team in 2022 and second team in 2019), and won the 2022 WNBA assists leader award with the Mystics. During her time with the Mystics, she averaged 8.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game.

Cloud is one of four players in the history of Mystics to play over 6000 minutes for the franchise. During her time in Washington, she dished out a franchise record 1258 assists. She is also ranked eighth in points (2011), 12th in rebounds (777), fourth in steals (236), and third in three-pointers made (235) in Mystics’ history. In the Mystics' run to their first title, Cloud averaged 13.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 44.2% from the field and 37.8% from the three-point line during the playoff as per Basketball Reference.

In her first season with the Mercury, Cloud broke the franchise record for most assists in a single season by dishing out 263 assists. Diana Taurasi previously held this assists record. She also became the first player in franchise history to record 200+ assists in a single season.

Natasha Cloud's position

Natasha Cloud plays in the point-guard position.

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