Frieda Buhner listed out, per ESPN’s injury feed — she had played three of the Fire’s last five

The read

ESPN’s injury feed now lists Frieda Buhner as Out (not injury related). The listing makes permanent what the Fire’s recent box scores already showed: she played in three of their last five games, and the Fire went 1-1 in the two she missed. Across the season the Fire are 13-22 in the 35 games she has played and 3-2 in the 5 she has not — a wide gap, though a split like that also mixes opponents, dates and every other lineup change.

The listing

The listing: ESPN’s WNBA injury feed carries Frieda Buhner as Out with a not injury related injury, last updated Sep 7 at 6:33 PM ET, with ESPN’s estimated return date of September 17 (an estimate, not a confirmation; feed updated Sep 7). That is ESPN’s status, not the league’s official injury report.

Her role and the rotation

Her 2026 regular season in the ESPN game log: 35 games, 6.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 15 minutes. Over her last 10 of those games she averaged 5.5 points in 14.8 minutes. Her last appearance was August 25 (12.7 minutes).

She played in only three of the last five, so the current rotation already reflects her absence. Its healthy forwards and centers by minutes: Bridget Carleton (32.4 min, 13 pts), Emily Engstler (28.4 min, 17 pts), Megan DiLeo (25.4 min, 15.2 pts) and Nyadiew Puoch (20.6 min, 4.2 pts).

She is not the team’s only listing: ESPN’s feed also carries Carla Leite (Out), Luisa Geiselsoder (Out), Sarah Ashlee Barker (Out) and Sania Feagin (Out).

The Portland Fire are 16-24, the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference, 15 games back, 5-5 over their last 10, scoring 86.6 a game and allowing 91.1.

The market

The next price: in PropBetEdge’s latest capture for PHX at POR (Sep 17), Mercury are 1.5-point favorites and the total sits at 176.5. With the bookmaker margin removed, the market’s consensus makes the Fire a 47.8% winner — a market benchmark, not a PropBetEdge projection.

That capture (Sep 11, 6:00 PM ET, 9 books) was taken four days after the feed’s update, so the listing was public when the price was set.

Because she missed two of the last five games, recent prices were already set on a rotation mostly without her; the season-long listing changes the long view more than the next line.

What matters next

What to watch: the Fire’s next game, PHX at POR on Thursday, September 17; the starting lineup, which the observed window suggests is already set without her; and player-prop lines, captured only inside 36 hours of tip.