2007 Houston Comets season
Introduction The 2007 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Houston Comets. The team started the season 0-10, finishing 13-11 in the remainder part of the season, and missing the playoffs for the first time in four years. It was also their last year playing at the Toyota Center.
Offseason ===Dispersal Draft===With the folding of the Charlotte Sting, the league held a dispersal draft prior to the 2007 WNBA draft. The order of teams picking players was based on their 2006 records. The Comets would be selecting 8th. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 8 Yelena Leuchanka  West VirginiaCharlotte Sting===WNBA draft=== Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 8 Ashley Shields  Southwest Tennessee CC 2 14 Dee Davis  Vanderbilt 3 34 Kristen Newlin  Stanford===Trades and Roster Changes===DateTradeJanuary 11, 2007Waived Tamecka Dixon March 5, 2007Signed Tasha ButtsMarch 7, 2007Signed Hamchétou Maïga-BaApril 5, 2007Signed Latasha ByearsApril 24, 2007Waived Lauren Neaves, Ashely Awkward, and Fatima MaddoxApril 26, 2007Signed Jae Kingi-CrossWaived Monica RobertsApril 27, 2007Waived Desire WheelerMay 1, 2007Waived Coretta Brown, LaTasha Butts, Alisha Gladden, and Giuliana MendiolaMay 5, 2007Waived Edna CampbellMay 13, 2007Waived Amber Metoyer, Kristen Newlin, and Amber ObazeMay 16, 2007Waived Jae Kingi-CrossMay 18, 2007Signed Jessica DicksonWaived Jillian Robbins and Yelena LeuchankaMay 23, 2007Waived Jessica Dickson and Erin GrantMay 24, 2007Signed Tamara MooreMay 30, 2007Signed Barbara TurnerJune 11, 2007Waived Dee DavisJune 13, 2007Signed Crystal SmithJuly 1, 2007Waived Tamara Moore and Tari PhillipsJuly 2, 2007Signed Tamecka DixonJuly 4, 2007Signed Erin Grant
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== '''Date''' '''Opponent''' '''Score''' '''Result''' '''Record''' May 19  @ Seattle  69-82  Loss  0-1 May 25  @ Phoenix  85-111  Loss  0-2 May 29  San Antonio  71-82  Loss  0-3 June 2  Detroit  71-77  Loss  0-4 June 6  @ Indiana  59-84  Loss  0-5 June 8  Connecticut  77-88  Loss  0-6 June 11  Sacramento  67-82  Loss  0-7 June 13  @ Los Angeles  71-74  Loss  0-8 June 15  @ Seattle  71-84  Loss  0-9 June 16  @ Sacramento  63-75  Loss  0-10 June 20  Los Angeles  74-64  Win  1-10 June 22  Washington  95-85  Win  2-10 June 24  @ Phoenix  85-90  Loss  2-11 June 26  San Antonio  75-67  Win  3-11 June 28  Seattle  81-76  Win  4-11 June 30  Phoenix  75-92  Loss  4-12 July 6  Seattle  55-71  Loss  4-13 July 8  @ Minnesota  79-67  Win  5-13 July 10  Indiana  77-79  Loss  5-14 July 12  Minnesota  87-77  Win  6-14 July 18  @ Washington  58-65  Loss  6-15 July 20  @ New York  80-74  Win  7-15 July 22  @ Connecticut  79-81  Loss  7-16 July 27  @ San Antonio  69-63  Win  8-16 July 29  @ Chicago  70-88  Loss  8-17 July 31  Phoenix  74-76  Loss  8-18 August 3  Los Angeles  66-56  Win  9-18 August 4  @ Minnesota  80-77  Win  10-18 August 7  New York  71-77  Loss  10-19 August 10  Sacramento  83-75  Win  11-19 August 11  @ San Antonio  60-63  Loss  11-20 August 14  @ Detroit  81-73  Win  12-20 August 16  Chicago  70-81  Loss  12-21 August 19  @ Los Angeles  82-72  Win  13-21
Player stats  Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Tina Thompson  34  229  94  29  23  639 Michelle Snow  34  230  47  18  35  366 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba  34  137  77  57  3  310 Tamecka Dixon  18  57  57  24  6  216 Sancho Lyttle  31  164  30  37  20  183 Crystal Smith  27  53  72  34  3  170 Latasha Byears  30  75  16  23  5  151 Ashley Shields  26  33  20  10  1  137 Roneeka Hodges  29  30  27  13  0  102 Barbara Turner  22  42  20  8  4  92 Tamara Moore  15  25  44  16  2  58 Erin Grant  17  19  37  7  0  25 Sheryl Swoopes  3  17  11  5  1  23 Mistie Williams  19  28  5  5  6  22 Tari Phillips  7  5  1  3  0  10 Dee Davis  3  0  0  0  0  6
References
External links *  Comets on Basketball Reference