I just can’t get into the WNBA…I tried at 1 point, even went to a few Comets games they’d let anyone just shoot around on the court after the game
Never understood why we lost the Comets... more championships (x4) then any other franchise in the city. https://theundefeated.com/features/houstons-comets-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-wnbas-first-dynasty/ That team was a blast to watch and cheer for.
If they can't make a team that won like 50 wnba championships work, why would it be successful this time around? I want a new NFL team instead or a coup on the existing local nfl owner.
The Comets were the Sh*t with Cooper and Swoopes. I'm not an avid fan but having a daughter I appreciate the option of women playing professionally.
I would love to see the WNBA return, I would get back into it if it did. I would love to see the NHL come to Houston as well, I would get into the NHL as well, I casually follow the Washing Capitals on because my wife loves them.
Can they get another NBA team? Agree with the above, rather have a NHL team. __________________ In October 2006, team owner Leslie Alexander announced he was selling the Comets, and longtime head coach Van Chancellor resigned in January 2007. On January 31, 2007, the WNBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the team to Hilton Koch, a Houston-based mattress and furniture businessman. Two weeks later, Comets assistant coach Karleen Thompson was named to become the team's new head coach and general manager for the 2007 season. For the 2007 season, they would miss the playoffs for the second time in franchise history after starting the season 0-10, resulting in a 13–21 record. On December 12, 2007, team owner Hilton Koch announced that the Comets would be moving from the Toyota Center to Reliant Arena for the 2008 WNBA season. This resulted in a loss of fans. The Toyota Center drew 13,000 fans, but the Reliant Arena could only house 7,200. In 2008, the Comets' final year, they only drew an average 6,000 fans per game and sold out four games. In 2008, Koch put the team up for sale, with an asking price of $10 million. No investors stepped up. The WNBA took over management of the Comets and disbanded the team in December 2008. They stated that they would only be suspending operations in 2009, which some people saw as a sign that the franchise could be revived if an investor came in. Comets players were sent off to other teams in a dispersal draft. League president Donna Orender said that the collapse of the Comets was not a sign that the WNBA was in trouble. Former player Cynthia Cooper-Dyke said that the loss of the Comets was "disturbing news" and that the Comets were integral to the WNBA. The Comets played their final home game on September 15, 2008 at the Strahan Coliseum on the campus of Texas State due to Hurricane Ike. They defeated the Sacramento Monarchs 90–81. They finished the season 17-17 and missed the playoffs for the third time in their history.
I'll tune in to any kind of basketball, but I'm a lot more likely if I have a team to root for. I'd watch the Comets if they had a national tv game
I often forget the WNBA is still a thing. That probably wouldn't change even if Houston got a team again.
Why? Because he sold the franchise at their height of popularity to a dumb ass mattress store owner who drove the franchise into the ground?
aint no way our owner is investing in wnba, a money losing league, unless he can use it as a sweet write toff
