2008 WNBA dispersal draft

2008 WNBA dispersal draft Basketball December 8, 2008 WNBA Houston Comets(folded in 2008) Sancho LyttleAtlanta Dream 2007 2009 The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their fourth dispersal draft on December 8, 2008.2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/comets_dispersal_analysis_081208.html WNBA December 8, 2008Defunct Houston Comets Hold Dispersal Draft https://www.npr.org/2008/12/09/97992281/defunct-houston-comets-hold-dispersal-draft NPR December 9, 2008 May 25, 2025 On December 1, 2008, the league announced that the Houston Comets would no longer be in operation.Atlanta, Washington, Chicago have best chance of getting No. 1 pick in draft https://africa.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=3745618 ESPN December 4, 2008 May 25, 2025 The dispersal draft was held on December 8 to reassign players from the 2008 Comets roster.Lytle goes first in WNBA dispersal draft https://www.espn.com/wnba/story?id=3755308 ESPN December 8, 2008 May 25, 2025 The remaining thirteen teams in the WNBA each selected one player from the team's final roster in the one-round draft.Houston Comets' dispersal draft set for Monday https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2008-12-04/houston-comets-dispersal-draft-set-for-monday Los Angeles Times December 4, 2008 May 25, 2025 Teams drafted in inverse order of their 2008 regular season finish. All Comets players were available except for unrestricted free agents, Latasha Byears, Mwadi Mabika, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Michelle Snow, and Tina Thompson. Lucienne Berthieu, Tamecka Dixon, Shannon Johnson, and Polina Tzekova were not selected in the draft and became free agents on January 5, 2009. Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter y Draft The following players were drafted from the roster of the Houston Comets: Pick Player Position Nationality New team 1Sancho Lyttle + F/C Atlanta Dream 2 Matee Ajavon G Washington Mystics 3 Mistie Williams F Chicago Sky 4 Roneeka Hodges G Minnesota Lynx 5 Sequoia Holmes G Phoenix Mercury 6 Erica White G Indiana Fever 7 Renae Camino G Sacramento Monarchs 8 No selection — — New York Liberty 9 Los Angeles Sparks 10 Connecticut Sun 11 Detroit Shock 12 Seattle Storm 13 San Antonio Silver Stars References Category:2009 WNBA season Category:WNBA dispersal draft