2008 WNBA dispersal draft
The Women's National Basketball Association held their fourth dispersal draft on December 8, 2008.
On December 1, 2008, the league announced that the Houston Comets would no longer be in operation. The dispersal draft was held on December 8 to re-assign players from the 2008 [Houston Comets season|2008 Comets] roster. The remaining thirteen teams in the WNBA each selected one player from the team's final roster in the one-round draft. 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 |Shannon Johnson], and Polina Tzekova were not selected in the draft and became free agents on January 5, 2009.
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Draft
The following players were drafted from the roster of the Houston Comets:| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team |
| 1 | Sancho Lyttle + | F/C | Atlanta Dream | |
| 2 | Matee Ajavon | G | Washington Mystics | |
| 3 | Mistie Williams | F | Chicago Sky | |
| 4 | Roneeka Hodges | G | Minnesota Lynx | |
| 5 | Sequoia Holmes | G | Phoenix Mercury | |
| 6 | Erica White | G | Indiana Fever | |
| 7 | Renae Camino | G | Sacramento Monarchs | |
| 8 | No selection | — | — | New York Liberty |
| 9 | No selection | — | — | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 10 | No selection | — | — | Connecticut Sun |
| 11 | No selection | — | — | Detroit Shock |
| 12 | No selection | — | — | Seattle Storm |
| 13 | No selection | — | — | San Antonio Silver Stars |