2009 WNBA dispersal draft
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2009 WNBA dispersal draft
| image =
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| sport = Basketball
| date = December 8, 2008
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| league = WNBA
| teams =
| merging_teams = Houston Comets
(folded in 2008)
| first = Sancho Lyttle
Atlanta Dream
| prev = 2007
| next = 2010
}}
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held their fourth dispersal draft on December 8, 2008.{{cite web |title=2008 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft Analysis |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/comets_dispersal_analysis_081208.html |website=WNBA |date=December 8, 2008}}{{cite news |title=Defunct Houston Comets Hold Dispersal Draft |url=https://www.npr.org/2008/12/09/97992281/defunct-houston-comets-hold-dispersal-draft |work=NPR |date=December 9, 2008 |access-date=May 25, 2025}}
On December 1, 2008, the league announced that the Houston Comets would no longer be in operation.{{cite news |title=Atlanta, Washington, Chicago have best chance of getting No. 1 pick in draft |url=https://africa.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=3745618 |work=ESPN |date=December 4, 2008 |access-date=May 25, 2025}} The dispersal draft was held on December 8 to re-assign players from the 2008 Comets roster.{{cite news |title=Lytle goes first in WNBA dispersal draft |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story?id=3755308 |work=ESPN |date=December 8, 2008 |access-date=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.{{cite news |title=Houston Comets’ dispersal draft set for Monday |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2008-12-04/houston-comets-dispersal-draft-set-for-monday |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 2008 |access-date=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
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|width="50"|Pos. | width="50"|G | width="50"|F | width="50"|C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
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Draft
The following players were drafted from the roster of the Houston Comets:
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |
| style="width:5%;"| Pick
! style="width:20%;"| Player ! style="width:5%;"| Position ! style="width:20%;"| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"| New team |
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| 1
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sancho Lyttle + | F/C | {{VIN}} |
| 2
| G | rowspan=5| {{USA}} |
| 3
| F |
| 4
| G |
| 5
| G |
| 6
| G |
| 7
| G | {{AUS}} |
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| 8 |rowspan=6| No selection |rowspan=6| — |rowspan=6| — |
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| 9 |
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| 10 |
| class="sortbottom"
| 11 |
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| 12 |
| class="sortbottom"
| 13 |
References
{{reflist}}
{{WNBA Drafts}}
{{2009 WNBA season by team}}