Liberty's Natasha Cloud returns to the site of WNBA betrayal
SAN FRANCISCO — Natasha Cloud's infectious personality was stuffed away like a winter coat when June hits. The woman who often has so many words to say had nothing.
This was on a lowly day in early February, when according to Cloud, she learned on Instagram that she had been traded from Phoenix to Connecticut.
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The Mercury, who Cloud said promised her she'd retire with the team, included her at the last minute to get a four-team trade to acquire Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas across the finish line.
Even worse, Cloud was now going to play for one of the worst teams in the W.
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