2007 Houston Comets season

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2007 Houston Comets season
Coach Karleen Thompson
Arena Toyota Center
Attendance8,166 per game
Results
Record13–21 (.382)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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.

Contents

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.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
18 Yelena Leuchanka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus West Virginia
Charlotte Sting

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
18 Ashley Shields Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Southwest Tennessee CC
214 Dee Davis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Vanderbilt
334 Kristen Newlin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Stanford

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTrade
January 11, 2007Waived Tamecka Dixon
March 5, 2007Signed Tasha Butts
March 7, 2007Signed Hamchétou Maïga-Ba
April 5, 2007Signed Latasha Byears
April 24, 2007Waived Lauren Neaves, Ashely Awkward, and Fatima Maddox
April 26, 2007Signed Jae Kingi-Cross
Waived Monica Roberts
April 27, 2007Waived Desire Wheeler
May 1, 2007Waived Coretta Brown, LaTasha Butts, Alisha Gladden, and Giuliana Mendiola
May 5, 2007Waived Edna Campbell
May 13, 2007Waived Amber Metoyer, Kristen Newlin, and Amber Obaze
May 16, 2007Waived Jae Kingi-Cross
May 18, 2007Signed Jessica Dickson
Waived Jillian Robbins and Yelena Leuchanka
May 23, 2007Waived Jessica Dickson and Erin Grant
May 24, 2007Signed Tamara Moore
May 30, 2007Signed Barbara Turner
June 11, 2007Waived Dee Davis
June 13, 2007Signed Crystal Smith
July 1, 2007Waived Tamara Moore and Tari Phillips
July 2, 2007Signed Tamecka Dixon
July 4, 2007Signed Erin Grant

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x2311.676–12–511–617–5
San Antonio Silver Stars x2014.5883.09–811–613–9
Sacramento Monarchs x1915.5594.012–57–1012–10
Seattle Storm x1717.5006.012–55–1211–11
Houston Comets o1321.38210.07–106–1110–12
Minnesota Lynx o1024.29413.07–103–148–14
Los Angeles Sparks o1024.29413.05–125–126–16

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 19@ Seattle 69-82Loss0-1
May 25@ Phoenix 85-111Loss0-2
May 29 San Antonio 71-82Loss0-3
June 2 Detroit 71-77Loss0-4
June 6@ Indiana 59-84Loss0-5
June 8 Connecticut 77-88Loss0-6
June 11 Sacramento 67-82Loss0-7
June 13@ Los Angeles 71-74Loss0-8
June 15@ Seattle 71-84Loss0-9
June 16@ Sacramento 63-75Loss0-10
June 20 Los Angeles 74-64Win1-10
June 22 Washington 95-85Win2-10
June 24@ Phoenix 85-90Loss2-11
June 26 San Antonio 75-67Win3-11
June 28 Seattle 81-76Win4-11
June 30 Phoenix 75-92Loss4-12
July 6 Seattle 55-71Loss4-13
July 8@ Minnesota 79-67Win5-13
July 10 Indiana 77-79Loss5-14
July 12 Minnesota 87-77Win6-14
July 18@ Washington 58-65Loss6-15
July 20@ New York 80-74Win7-15
July 22@ Connecticut 79-81Loss7-16
July 27@ San Antonio 69-63Win8-16
July 29@ Chicago 70-88Loss8-17
July 31 Phoenix 74-76Loss8-18
August 3 Los Angeles 66-56Win9-18
August 4@ Minnesota 80-77Win10-18
August 7 New York 71-77Loss10-19
August 10 Sacramento 83-75Win11-19
August 11@ San Antonio 60-63Loss11-20
August 14@ Detroit 81-73Win12-20
August 16 Chicago 70-81Loss12-21
August 19@ Los Angeles 82-72Win13-21

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Tina Thompson 34229942923639
Michelle Snow 34230471835366
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 3413777573310
Tamecka Dixon 185757246216
Sancho Lyttle 31164303720183
Crystal Smith 275372343170
Latasha Byears 307516235151
Ashley Shields 263320101137
Roneeka Hodges 293027130102
Barbara Turner 2242208492
Tamara Moore 15254416258
Erin Grant 1719377025
Sheryl Swoopes 317115123
Mistie Williams 192855622
Tari Phillips 7513010
Dee Davis 300006

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References

  1. ↑ "2007 WNBA Transactions". WNBA.com. WNBA.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ "2007 Houston Comets Stats".
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