2009 WNBA Draft - Dispersal Draft

Dispersal Draft

On December 1, 2008, the league announced that the Houston Comets would no longer operate. On December 8, a dispersal draft was held with teams being allowed to pick based on reverse order of 2008 records.

Pick Player Nationality New Team Former Team
1 Sancho Lyttle United States Atlanta Dream Houston Comets
2 Matee Ajavon United States Washington Mystics Houston Comets
3 Mistie Williams United States Chicago Sky Houston Comets
4 Roneeka Hodges United States Minnesota Lynx Houston Comets
5 Sequoia Holmes United States Phoenix Mercury Houston Comets
6 Erica White United States Indiana Fever Houston Comets
7 Renae Camino Australia Sacramento Monarchs Houston Comets
8 Passed New York Liberty Houston Comets
9 Passed Los Angeles Sparks Houston Comets
10 Passed Connecticut Sun Houston Comets
11 Passed Detroit Shock Houston Comets
12 Passed Seattle Storm Houston Comets
13 Passed San Antonio Silver Stars Houston Comets
Note: Two former Comets players, Tamecka Dixon and Shannon Johnson, were not selected in this draft and therefore became free agents.
Note: Five former Comets players, Latasha Byears, Mwadi Mabika, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Michelle Snow and Tina Thompson were free agents and therefore not eligible for this draft.

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