Natasha Cloud start earns Eastern Conference Player of the Week
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A championship team needs a sparkling addition to provide a different feel when chasing a repeat title.

Anyone can see and hear 10-year veteran and tenacious defender Natasha Cloud — the Liberty’s answer. 

Cloud has made an immediate impact on the Liberty offense, earning her first Eastern Conference Player of the Week accolade on Wednesday. She averaged 18.7 points, 7.7 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 2.7 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game over the first three games of the season. 

That is the best start of her career and it speaks to how well the Liberty offense operates with the 33-year-old in it. 

A proficient facilitator, Cloud’s passing has greatly benefited the Liberty, with an average of 8.3 assists per game and an assist percentage of 41.8 over four games. 


New York Liberty guard Natasha Cloud (9) shoots the ball during the first half of a game against the Golden State Valkyries at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
Natasha Cloud shoots a jumper during the first half the Liberty’s blowout win over the Valkyries on May 27, 2025. Heather Khalifa for the NY Post

The 8.3 assists per game surpasses her previous career high of seven assists per game in 2022.

Cloud is also on track to chase down her 44.8 assist percentage, also achieved in 2022, while playing with the Mystics. 

“She just needed to come to New York, that’s all,” Jonquel Jones said in the Liberty’s Player of the Week announcement video. 

During the Liberty’s decisive 95-67 victory over the Valkyries on Tuesday, Cloud tallied 10 assists. Five of these assists were made to Breanna Stewart, whom she frequently connected with either in the paint or at the charity stripe for a right elbow jumper. 


Breanna Stewart #30 and Natasha Cloud #9 of the New York Liberty smile after the game against the Golden State Valkyries on May 27, 2025 at Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, New York.
Breanna Stewart and Natasha Cloud of the New York Liberty smile after the Liberty’s blowout win over the Valkyries. NBAE via Getty Images

The performance gave her the No. 10 overall ranking on the WNBA’s all-time career assists list with 1,555. 

“I wouldn’t say we have gotten that much practice time together,” Stewart said of Cloud after Tuesday’s victory. “I think our chemistry can only grow, but she has a great awareness of where people are. Especially Golden State, they’re in a zone a lot. So, to break the zone, you want to get the ball to the middle. Sometimes I’m sealing off a guard most of the time and Tash was able to lead me to where I wanted the ball.” 

Cloud leads the Liberty in assists to help their 25.3 assist average that is just 0.2 behind the league-leading Lynx in that category. 


The Liberty are off to a 4-0 start, tying their third-best undefeated start in franchise history from 2024. 

In 1997, the Liberty started the season by going 7-0. In 2007, they went on a 5-0 opening run. 

A soft schedule over the next five games gives the Liberty a shot to break the franchise record.

On Thursday, they will face the Valkyries again and their upcoming matchups include the Sun, Sky and two meetings with the Mystics until their second meeting with the Fever on June 14. 


Nyara Sabally (right knee) is listed as questionable for Thursday. 

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