Dec 01 2008
Houston Comets Fold
The Houston Comets, winners of the first four WNBA championships, folded today. WNBA President Donna Orender said the dissolution will be effective later this week. Guard Cynthia Cooper, forward Tina Thompson and coach Van Chancellor led the Comets to titles from 1997 to 2000. However, the team struggled this decade and failed to make the playoffs in 2008.
The WNBA took over the team in midseason but an independent buyer could not found. A dispersal draft–which will let the 13 remaining teams select a player currently under contract with Houston–will be held next week. Thompson, who’s been with the Comets since the league’s inception in 1997, is a free agent. Therefore, she won’t be a part of the dispersal draft.
