2007 Houston Comets season

{{Infobox WNBA team season

| team = Houston Comets

| year = 2007

| attendance = 8,166

| wins = 13

| losses = 21

| conf = Western

| conf_place = 5th

| coach = Karleen Thompson

| arena = Toyota Center

| playoffs = Did 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.

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.

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! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="2%"''| Round

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="5%"| Pick

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="10%"| Nationality

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country

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| 1

| 8

| Yelena Leuchanka

| {{BLR}}

| West Virginia
Charlotte Sting

=WNBA draft=

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! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="2%"''| Round

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="5%"| Pick

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="10%"| Nationality

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country

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| 1

| 8

| Ashley Shields

| {{USA}}

| Southwest Tennessee CC

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| 2

| 14

| Dee Davis

| {{USA}}

| Vanderbilt

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| 3

| 34

| Kristen Newlin

| {{USA}}

| Stanford

=Trades and Roster Changes=

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! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" width=125" |Date

! style="background:#B22222; color:white;" colspan="2" |Trade

January 11, 2007

|Waived Tamecka Dixon

March 5, 2007

|Signed Tasha Butts

March 7, 2007

|Signed Hamchétou Maïga-Ba

April 5, 2007

|Signed Latasha Byears

April 24, 2007

|Waived Lauren Neaves, Ashely Awkward, and Fatima Maddox

rowspan=2 |April 26, 2007

|Signed Jae Kingi-Cross

Waived Monica Roberts

April 27, 2007

|Waived Desire Wheeler

May 1, 2007

|Waived Coretta Brown, LaTasha Butts, Alisha Gladden, and Giuliana Mendiola

May 5, 2007

|Waived Edna Campbell

May 13, 2007

|Waived Amber Metoyer, Kristen Newlin, and Amber Obaze

May 16, 2007

|Waived Jae Kingi-Cross

rowspan=2 |May 18, 2007

|Signed Jessica Dickson

Waived Jillian Robbins and Yelena Leuchanka

May 23, 2007

|Waived Jessica Dickson and Erin Grant

May 24, 2007

|Signed Tamara Moore

May 30, 2007

|Signed Barbara Turner

June 11, 2007

|Waived Dee Davis

June 13, 2007

|Signed Crystal Smith

July 1, 2007

|Waived Tamara Moore and Tari Phillips

July 2, 2007

|Signed Tamecka Dixon

July 4, 2007

|Signed Erin Grant

{{cite web |title=2007 WNBA Transactions |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/transactions/WNBA_2007.html |website=WNBA.com |publisher=WNBA.com |access-date=11 April 2021}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Season schedule=

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align="center" style="background:#B22222; color:white;" \| Date \| Opponent \| Score \| Result \| Record
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| May 19	@ Seattle	69-82	Loss	0-1
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| May 25	@ Phoenix	85-111	Loss	0-2
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| May 29	San Antonio	71-82	Loss	0-3
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 2	Detroit	71-77	Loss	0-4
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 6	@ Indiana	59-84	Loss	0-5
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 8	Connecticut	77-88	Loss	0-6
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 11	Sacramento	67-82	Loss	0-7
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 13	@ Los Angeles	71-74	Loss	0-8
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 15	@ Seattle	71-84	Loss	0-9
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 16	@ Sacramento	63-75	Loss	0-10
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 20	Los Angeles	74-64	Win	1-10
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 22	Washington	95-85	Win	2-10
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 24	@ Phoenix	85-90	Loss	2-11
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 26	San Antonio	75-67	Win	3-11
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| June 28	Seattle	81-76	Win	4-11
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| June 30	Phoenix	75-92	Loss	4-12
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 6	Seattle	55-71	Loss	4-13
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 8	@ Minnesota	79-67	Win	5-13
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 10	Indiana	77-79	Loss	5-14
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 12	Minnesota	87-77	Win	6-14
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 18	@ Washington	58-65	Loss	6-15
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 20	@ New York	80-74	Win	7-15
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 22	@ Connecticut	79-81	Loss	7-16
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| July 27	@ San Antonio	69-63	Win	8-16
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 29	@ Chicago	70-88	Loss	8-17
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| July 31	Phoenix	74-76	Loss	8-18
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| August 3	Los Angeles	66-56	Win	9-18
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| August 4	@ Minnesota	80-77	Win	10-18
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| August 7	New York	71-77	Loss	10-19
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| August 10	Sacramento	83-75	Win	11-19
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| August 11	@ San Antonio	60-63	Loss	11-20
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| August 14	@ Detroit	81-73	Win	12-20
align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" \| August 16	Chicago	70-81	Loss	12-21
align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" \| August 19	@ Los Angeles	82-72	Win	13-21

Player stats

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align="center" style="background:#B22222; color:white;" \| Player \| GP \| REB \| AST \| STL \| BLK \| PTS
align="center" \| Tina Thompson	34	229	94	29	23	639
align="center" \| Michelle Snow	34	230	47	18	35	366
align="center" \| Hamchetou Maiga-Ba	34	137	77	57	3	310
align="center" \| Tamecka Dixon	18	57	57	24	6	216
align="center" \| Sancho Lyttle	31	164	30	37	20	183
align="center" \| Crystal Smith	27	53	72	34	3	170
align="center" \| Latasha Byears	30	75	16	23	5	151
align="center" \| Ashley Shields	26	33	20	10	1	137
align="center" \| Roneeka Hodges	29	30	27	13	0	102
align="center" \| Barbara Turner	22	42	20	8	4	92
align="center" \| Tamara Moore	15	25	44	16	2	58
align="center" \| Erin Grant	17	19	37	7	0	25
align="center" \| Sheryl Swoopes	3	17	11	5	1	23
align="center" \| Mistie Williams	19	28	5	5	6	22
align="center" \| Tari Phillips	7	5	1	3	0	10
align="center" \| Dee Davis	3	0	0	0	0	6

{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2007.html|title = 2007 Houston Comets Stats}}

References

External links

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2007.html Comets on Basketball Reference]

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