Jewell Loyd

31-Year-Old GuardG
 Seattle Storm  WNBA
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There were questions on how the Storm would fare in 2023 after star Breanna Stewart elected to sign with the Liberty as a free agent. While Seattle missed the playoffs, Loyd stepped up as the team's star and seems poised to handle a similar role in 2024. The 30-year-old averaged a career-high 24.7 points and 4.7 rebounds to go with 3.4 assists in 35.4 minutes per game. Her scoring average was the best in franchise history and the second in league history, behind only Diana Taurasi, who averaged 25.3 points per game in 2006. Loyd's availability has also been a strength in recent years, as she hasn't missed more than two games in a season since the 2019 campaign. She bolstered her fantasy value from the perimeter, as she led the league with 8.5 three-point attempts per game while finishing second in the WNBA with 3.0 three-pointers made per game. Loyd did this while shooting 35.6 percent from beyond the arc, her lowest mark since 2019. The Storm will get a solid rookie contributor with the fourth overall pick in this year's draft, but Loyd should remain a focal point for the team after signing a two-year contract extension near the end of the 2023 campaign. The Storm made several significant offseason acquisitions by signing Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka Ogwumike, but Loyd should be among the league's top fantasy contributors once again in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Requests trade out of Seattle
GSeattle Storm
December 4, 2024
Loyd has requested a trade out of Seattle, Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun-Times reports Wednesday.
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Loyd signed a two-year supermax extension with the Storm ahead of the 2024 season with the hopes that the team would progress in the right direction after an 11-29 finish to the 2023 campaign. Seattle did make progress in 2024 after signing Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith, going 25-15 to earn the fifth seed in the playoffs, but the team was swept by Las Vegas in the first round of the playoffs. Ogwumike is slated to be an unrestricted free agent during the offseason, and Loyd will presumably draw plenty of trade interest after averaging 19.7 points per game in 2024, which ranked sixth in the WNBA. The Storm also announced Wednesday that an external investigation into alleged harassment and bullying found no violations, but it's unclear whether the investigation or its findings factored into Loyd's decision. Whether Seattle will honor Loyd's trade request remains to be seen, but the 31-year-old would certainly generate plenty of interest if the Storm attempt to move her.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2022
Loyd again proved her capabilities as a scorer in 2022, compiling 16.3 points per game, posting her best two-year stretch in the column since 2016-17. Loyd finished the season with the 10th-highest usage rate in the league (25.3 percent) and could see an uptick in that area following Breanna Stewart's (third in usage at 28.0) departure for New York via free agency. Loyd does a lot of her damage from beyond the arc with solid efficiency, connecting on 38.5 percent of her career-high 6.1 three-point attempts per game last season. The team should be Loyd's to lead in 2022, and there's no reason to anticipate a dropoff in her fantasy output. In fact, she may experience an uptick, given her added importance to the offense without Stewart.
Loyd was one of just three players to receive the Core designation in free agency this offseason, along with Jonquel Jones and Kahleah Copper, displaying how much the Storm wanted to keep her around. Loyd took another step forward in 2021, posting a career-best 17.9 points per game (seventh in WNBA) in addition to four boards and 3.8 assists per contest (14th in WNBA) while maintaining a high efficiency from deep (37.6 percent) despite an increase in volume to a career-high 5.6 attempts per game. Loyd finds her way into passing lanes on the defensive end, averaging 1.5 steals per contest (eighth in WNBA). Loyd should again pair with Sue Bird to form the Storm's primary backcourt in 2022.
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Sees plenty of work in 2024
GSeattle Storm
October 31, 2024
Loyd averaged 19.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.4 steals in 33.7 minutes per game over 37 regular-season appearances with the Storm in 2024.
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Not on injury report
GSeattle Storm
September 21, 2024
Loyd (knee) is not on the injury report for Game 1 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs against the Aces on Sunday.
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Progressing well in recovery
GSeattle Storm
Knee
September 21, 2024
Loyd (knee) is "progressing really well" in her recovery and could be an option to play in Game 1 of the series against the Aces on Sunday, head coach Noelle Quinn told Christian Braswell of Circling Seattle Sports.
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Ruled out for Thursday
GSeattle Storm
Knee
September 19, 2024
Loyd (knee) has been ruled out for Thursday's game against the Mercury, Bella Valeriano Munson of The Next Hoops reports.
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Deemed questionable for Thursday
GSeattle Storm
Knee
September 18, 2024
Loyd (knee) is questionable for Thursday's game against the Mercury.
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