in media. The criminal proceedings were closed in August 2005 due to insufficient evidence, and Byears' lawsuit against the Lakers was settled months later. Shortly after settling the lawsuit, Byears returned to the WNBA after a two-year absence, signing with the Mystics. In 2007, Byears signed a free agent contract with the Houston Comets. She was briefly waived in 2008, before being re-signed. The Comets organization folded at the end of the 2008 season. Byears, as an unrestricted free agent, was not eligible for selection by another team in the resulting dispersal draft, and was not signed by another team prior to or during the 2009 season. Overseas career In October 2001 Byears joined the EuroLeague final four participant and Hungarian National League champion MiZo-Pécsi VSK. She played only two matches, on 15 November 2001 travel back the United States. In November 2006 Byears joined the Bulgarian team of CSKA Sofia. They won the Bulgarian Championships and Bulgarian Cup. Byears played for Leszno in Poland during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season. Career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"|1997 | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 28 || 19 || 23.4 || .459 || .200 || .739 || 6.9 || 1.7 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 2.4 || 8.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1998 | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 30 || 26 || 27.6 || .453 || .222 || .663 || 6.6 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 14.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1999 | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 32 || 32 || 22.0 || .537 || .000 || .565 || 5.3 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 1.9 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2000 | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 32 || 0 || 16.3 || .524 || .500 || .612 || 3.8 || 0.7 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 1.1 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2001† | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | 32 || 13 || 23.1 || style="background:#D3D3D3" |.602° || .333 || .577 || 5.7 || 0.9 || 1.3 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 9.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2002† | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | 26 || 5 || 18.7 || .618 || .000 || .566 || 5.4 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 7.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2003 | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | 5 || 0 || 14.4 || .400 || .000 || .727 || 4.2 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 5.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2006 | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 26 || 0 || 12.8 || .449 || .000 || .800 || 3.3