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. 

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.