The Comets were the first dynasty in the W. It’s a shame that this franchise went away along with their history. Those teams were special and they should be celebrated more.
@willieduffie49675 ай бұрын
Damn Right 👍
@tywayne35 ай бұрын
@willieduffie4967 I kinda found out by accident or completely forgot. We moved from Orange County to the Houston area 3 years ago. We took out daughter to a Sparks game so I was like ah yeah we can take her to plenty of Comets games now that she's older. I was searching and digging into the history like how in the heck did that happen.
@MrSoulauctioneer5 ай бұрын
LONG LIVE THE SEATTLE PILOTS!!!!
@marcuspolo91065 ай бұрын
I don't understand how this happened I literally just found out Houston lost there franchise
@marcuspolo91065 ай бұрын
@@MrSoulauctioneer was that a wnba team too
@SwaggerLikeUz5 ай бұрын
Cynthia Cooper was the Jordan of the WNBA. When it was crunch time Cooper always delivered. The chemistry between Tina, Swoopes, Cooper, Kim, Arcane, Coach Chancellor etc. Unreal
@marcus.64875 ай бұрын
yeah coop wunn’ bullsh!t’n wit em ✌🏿🔥🔥🔥
@southernflavamaker5 ай бұрын
They talk about Manu bringing the euro step to the NBA, but it was coop that first brought it to the US....
@ShaneDouglas7135 ай бұрын
FACTS
@gregwright20595 ай бұрын
Houston was noooo joke in the beginning of the W.
@Sting2835 ай бұрын
Not one joke. They were special
@keithharper14705 ай бұрын
Houston vs LA Houston vs NY That was something to build the league behind then they blew it.
@7521eric4 ай бұрын
The whole league is a joke.
@TMK5615 ай бұрын
Nah they need to bring back the Houston Comets along with their history.
@SIRUSSAYS5 ай бұрын
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@brandonleemoss5 ай бұрын
Houston would burn it again 😢
@hoodie72575 ай бұрын
All the old teams need to be brought back whenever the next expansion is
@yell0wberry5 ай бұрын
I also hope they bring back the Miami sol. This kind of reminds me of the basketball team, the New Jersey gems long before there was even a WNBA.
@edwardrichardson95435 ай бұрын
Thank goodness the Rockets still have the Comets banners in the rafters
@johnr.79065 ай бұрын
So sad that Kim Perrot died that young. RIP
@MsKylea5 ай бұрын
Kim was a little firecracker!! I still remember the day she announced her cancer, along with the day she died, like it happened yesterday. I was a junior in HS. The year before, i met and took pictures with Kim and Cynthia Cooper at AstroWorld❤❤
@NYCRIVER1035 ай бұрын
@@MsKylea Kim Perrot was the key that kept the team on point.
@Wise-o.g.5 ай бұрын
Cynthia cooper the goat.
@williesaunders67985 ай бұрын
@@Wise-o.g.one of
@Wise-o.g.5 ай бұрын
@@williesaunders6798 respect.who else at her age did what she did?
@KIDTV-qe2dm5 ай бұрын
After a refreshing Chicago Bulls championship season, the Houston Comets were fun to watch. Cooper, Thompson and Swoopes were amazing.
@BeaMode19905 ай бұрын
If there is ANY WNBA team that deserves a rebirth? It's them.
@rgtunderworldrgt77735 ай бұрын
No. They Lost their team from Not showing up right?
@KDtae5 ай бұрын
@@rgtunderworldrgt7773didn’t the nba have a whole lock out year
@jaybrick89735 ай бұрын
Detroit shock to
@Idontwannaknowu235 ай бұрын
@@jaybrick8973the Detroit Shock are now the Dallas Wings
@karithema9ician6575 ай бұрын
Detroit Shock 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ Every sport in America should have a team for Detroit in my biased opinion.😂😂😂
@theplus26645 ай бұрын
we need a 30 for 30
@coochiemane4085 ай бұрын
Yes for sure
@taeshawnwilson68535 ай бұрын
Most definitely
@SmoovD3275 ай бұрын
Considering what I watched, this is the “30 for 30”. Great job here 💯
@bronz90195 ай бұрын
They do
@UncleG-j4y5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@R2Jizzo15 ай бұрын
RIP Kim P. #BringBackTheComets ☄️
@RADRICK195 ай бұрын
As a Houstonian I have to say these were the best times of my life. I was in my 20s, my son was young.. The Rockets won back2back 94-95, then the Comets picked up where they left off. We celebrated 6 championships in such a short time. Great memories! ❤
@1dognight1665 ай бұрын
Used to love those Sparks -- Comets rivalry games .
@freddyp3195 ай бұрын
That's why you have to enjoy it as long as you can because ain't no telling. NBA team can't get right, baseball team is a bunch of cheaters and your football team was blind sided by a barrage of masseuse.
@sdmurphy205 ай бұрын
Loved those early Comets teams.
@RADRICK195 ай бұрын
@freddyp319 Oh we had a blast! Astros don't need to cheat to win, they're in the alcs every year.. And I hate the Texans, never supported them. I'm a Lions fan. 💪🏼
@freddyp3195 ай бұрын
@@RADRICK19 Battered trash cans says otherwise
@CharlesHolloman-mj5hy5 ай бұрын
The league had more buzz and hype in the early years then it has had in recent years.NBC knew how to push the NBA/WNBA.
@mrjayblack21455 ай бұрын
No bigger than now
@treydagrim52785 ай бұрын
@@mrjayblack2145It actually was. Just didn’t have the technology and social media to boost it.
@CharlesHolloman-mj5hy5 ай бұрын
@@mrjayblack2145 You really are tripping NBC laid out a gauntlet of how you produce a new league by supporting it with NBA analysis and NBA broadcasters and commentators NBC has always been the best place when it comes to Sports Production NFL NBA and NHL
@mrjayblack21455 ай бұрын
@@CharlesHolloman-mj5hy but it doesn't make it bigger than now maybe better cause 80s 90s women are not these 2000 women they were goats but popularity wise it's now this year not last year 😂
@CharlesHolloman-mj5hy5 ай бұрын
@@mrjayblack2145 The Key is NBC... NBC Sports Production on NBA WNBA is by far more superior than the other networks... Just listen to the old NBA theme song... You really must have just started following the leagues
@willyjakkz5 ай бұрын
Cynthia Cooper is so underrated in these women's GOAT conversations! She was a beast!
@DrDoomBloom5 ай бұрын
Totally agree! I have the utmost respect for Cynthia Cooper and those Comets teams were beautiful to watch
@Biggdoom3444 ай бұрын
Especially when you factor in at the time the W started..coop was past her prime. Can’t imagine her if she had played from age 26-30 in the W.
@chrisnunn9315 ай бұрын
If Cynthia Cooper could have played in the WNBA when she was fresh outta college, she would have all the major records. She was the truth
@conduitofthegospeldarrellb91545 ай бұрын
Cynthia Coper is the GOAT. The WNBA has had many missteps since their “golden era”…
@budwyzer774 ай бұрын
The WNBA's biggest problem is that the players come across as giant assholes just about every time they get any publicity. They desperately need media/publicity training to not be so insufferably confrontational.
@tinaamariee8325 ай бұрын
Had the pleasure of Tina Thompson being a close family friend when I was a kid. Everybody thought it was adorable to have big Tina & little Tina hang out. Luckily this was right in the middle of the 4-peat. Some of my best memories are her taking me to comet events, getting me from the stands & taking me in to the locker room after games. All the ladies were so sweet to me (especially Lisa & Cynthia). But, Kim was my favorite she always took the time to play with me when I was around. She was the biggest goofball! Her passing is one of the first deaths I remember hitting close to home. The comets will always have a special place in my heart
@TerryJackson-k3o5 ай бұрын
And AJ,A WILSON IS OUR BEST RIGHT NOW
@DJJUICEBOX155 ай бұрын
Broooo we need more WNBA docs! Please drop more stories on the league's history!!
@knephsabir32455 ай бұрын
Cynthia Cooper is the Michael Jordan of the wnba.
@ellaluke40285 ай бұрын
💯👍🏾👏🏾
@dirtmike62585 ай бұрын
100% those comets teams were loaded and she was easily their best player; but it seems that no one remembers her and how good she was
@jamesbethley49725 ай бұрын
I do. I knew her fathers family.@@dirtmike6258
@MrBmic5 ай бұрын
@@dirtmike6258I remember. Still the best player in the history of the WNBA.
@itoldyouso21375 ай бұрын
I've always said this! She was smooth and unstoppable.....a lot of people forget about Coop
@nolie96955 ай бұрын
That intro gave me the chills 🥶
@andresgirardo84815 ай бұрын
Cooper was Jordan, not Swoopes. The WNBA couldn't have asked for a better start.
@lionman33785 ай бұрын
But Swoopes was still the league biggest star. Swoopes won more regular season M.V.Ps and defensive players of the year and was always number in all star voting
@KWCline915 ай бұрын
@@andresgirardo8481 Cooper was Magic Johnson, Swoopes was Michael Jordan, Tina Thompson was Larry Bird.
@andresgirardo84815 ай бұрын
4x champion, 4x finals MVP, 2x regular season MVP, 3x scoring leader. WNBA debut at 34 yo. Cooper was Jordan.
@treyology3Blueflame4 ай бұрын
They wasn’t there so they don’t know!!! We folks from Houston that was there know how great Coop was!!! The female Jordan
@fredwayne42714 ай бұрын
Swoopes the biggest star and the best player on the team. How was Coop the MJ of the W?
@stebo55625 ай бұрын
They are the reason why so many star women ballers come out of Houston. They changed the culture
@brandonbarron28915 ай бұрын
Them glory Dynasty of the Houston Coments 1997-2000 i grew up watching playing. They was exciting to watch Big 3 play and the fighting spirit of Kim Perrot R.I.P. They probably would of won more 2-3 more Championship in a row if Kim P. Was still alive.
@SIRUSSAYS5 ай бұрын
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@hajime2k4 ай бұрын
Who knows? Cooper retired after the 4th title. Swoopes got injured and by then other teams had caught up to them. It was a great run they made.
@areoinstylz5 ай бұрын
Look at those crowds tho.....and they think the WBNA just became what it is in 2024....these ladies would walk today's teams by an average of 30
@Traumadj5 ай бұрын
Doubt it. There’s no more super teams it was barely any teams all the good players on one team so stop the cap nobody watched and this league has been losing money since the beginning and they only got paid because nba was supporting. I def want them to win but let’s tell the truth
@commonsense39215 ай бұрын
@Traumadj What you said is completely false the top 10 most watched WNBA games are between the years 1997 to 2000 with ratings from 2.4 million to 5 million viewers, To put that in persepective Caitlin Clark highest WNBA game was 2.3 Million.
@areoinstylz5 ай бұрын
@@commonsense3921 i didn't say anything about views bro....of course views are better now when you can watch from the palm of your hands...I mean talent wise....women in the 90's would absolutely walk over today's players
@areoinstylz5 ай бұрын
@@Traumadj there was no super team when it 1st started lol....and I still stand by what I said...talent wise....these ladies of today can not hold up vs 90's women who were faster...better verticals....stronger and actually had bags like nba players....women today don't have much athleticism
@commonsense39215 ай бұрын
@areoinstylz Have no idea why you responded to me.
@BruteStrength995 ай бұрын
I was wondering when someone would do this story. Thanks for uploading this!
@Charnelle35 ай бұрын
That Houston Comets team was otherworldly 😮💨
@jameelpitner82895 ай бұрын
Tina Thompson doesn't get the credit she deserves, one of if not the greatest WNBA player of all times! what couldn't she do on the court.
@simonhowell44865 ай бұрын
Them lips tho
@jaridatkinson49075 ай бұрын
Dawg I had a mad crazy crush on her lmao
@ellaluke40285 ай бұрын
@@jameelpitner8289 She doesn't, but Cynthia Cooper is the greatest WNBA player.
@Black____5 ай бұрын
@@simonhowell4486 🎯
@willieduffie49675 ай бұрын
Kim Perot ......you show a lot of ❤️......when people mention this team.....you will always be remembered!
@Klgray73735 ай бұрын
EXACTLY!!!
@LonerBecause4 ай бұрын
Facts!
@KWCline915 ай бұрын
The Comets were to the WNBA what the Chicago Bulls were to the NBA in the 90's. The Comets are the greatest dynasty in WNBA history. At that time, the 90's were the haydays for Houston. The Rockets won back-to-back titles, the Comets four-peated, the Astros were in the playoffs in three straight years after missing out the last decade. We even had two movies made in our city (Reality Bites & Apollo 13). The one downside was the Oilers leaving, but we knew we would be getting an NFL team back.
@mickidoesmedia5 ай бұрын
I miss them and my Detroit Shock tbh
@yvesangelic14475 ай бұрын
@@mickidoesmediathe Schock was full of bullies F them. Phoenix ended them
@shehateme99555 ай бұрын
Ive been spamming "Bring back the Houston Comets"!! Studied this era and it made me better.
@erics.czernecki73335 ай бұрын
Some trivia- the last home game for the Comets wasn't even *in* Houston. Because of Hurricane Ike blowing through the area, they were forced to relocate it to Strahan Coliseum, on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos.
@indridcole70715 ай бұрын
Cooper was the premier player in the WNBA!!!!
@TMK5615 ай бұрын
Damn RIP to Kim P.
@Robdoesitall5 ай бұрын
Cynthia Cooper was the TRUTH! Everyone was hootin and hollerin about Swoopes being the best in the league when she wasn’t even the best on her team. Watching Cooper in real time really felt like watching Jordan. You just couldn’t imagine her losing.
@GKWALKER8655 ай бұрын
Houston used to be it, they had a squad. Bring back the franchise. WNBA needs it.
@JavMacHer4 ай бұрын
100% with you but Players are too old though
@MrJOKERZ685 ай бұрын
Wait how didn't they know Cooper was that good? She was the leading scorer everywhere she went. I loved watching them
@Mark_Ellzy5 ай бұрын
Probably because coop had spent 10 years playing overseas. The players that they were banking on were mostly from the 96 Olympic team. I’m glad they underestimated coop cuz I’m from Houston and she was one of my favorite basketball players growing up.
@elliemyers64355 ай бұрын
@@Mark_Ellzy This and she was kind of a role player in college (albeit on a GREAT college team) and played alongside Cheryl Miller (in my view, the GOAT of women's hoops) and Pam McGee. And there was no streaming on internet back when she was playing overseas, so no one really saw her.
@marlontroy20645 ай бұрын
The Greatest Basketball 🏀 Team In WNBA History. Swoops, Thompson And Cooper. Houston Comets 4 Straight Championship 🏆.
@SIRUSSAYS5 ай бұрын
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@BruteStrength995 ай бұрын
I love the way Cooper used to raise the roof. We got next!
@Qboro5 ай бұрын
CC was the truth. 🐐 of the WNBA
@Klgray73735 ай бұрын
The ORIGINAL CC!!! ❤❤❤
@mikeybhoutex4 ай бұрын
I'm late, I just found this. I got a little story I'd like to tell. I had the opportunity, just briefly, to be in the same area as Kim Perrot as she was at Houston Intercontinental Airport. I was picking up someone at the arrivals pickup at Terminal C and... there she was. A little across the way. This was when she was already in the throes of her cancer treatment. Not wanting to bother her, but still wanting to encourage her to fight and show appreciation for what she had and still was doing for Houston, I yelled to her "YOU GOT THIS, KIM!" She smiled and waved at me, and that was that. My single moment with Kim, hoping to help in whatever way, even just sending her love. I wish it had been enough. It obviously wasn't, and she passed away later. :( But still, what we got to see, what she meant to all of Houston at the time... Yep. She was special. #3 for #10.
@shawnritzie41235 ай бұрын
Swoopes,Thompson & Cooper.... Easily the WNBA'S GREATEST TRIO !!!! 4 Championships in a row.... darn I miss them ALL..... Cooper: Jordan. Swoopes: K. Leonard & Thompson: K. Durant
@Billy-ot8mk5 ай бұрын
Poor ownership led to the Comets demise.
@danielwiley98285 ай бұрын
I thought they made them breakup the team because they wanted more parity in the league
@yvesangelic14475 ай бұрын
@@danielwiley9828no lol
@Morocco213455 ай бұрын
Poor ownership + 2008 crash brought the cosmo crashing
@elliemyers64355 ай бұрын
@@Morocco21345 Yeah....the fanbase losing interest after they lost all their stars didn't help either.
@marksylvain28395 ай бұрын
Great video, must admit I forgot about this period of basketball, thanks for keeping this story alive
@mainetain155 ай бұрын
They need a market in Houston, Philly and Boston. 2 of the largest franchises and markets in NBA don't have women's teams
@liduck525 ай бұрын
They wouldn't draw in Boston. Everybody would stay home to watch the Red Sox on TV.
@robserrano89715 ай бұрын
Bring baq da HOUSTON COMETS. PHILADELPHIA BELLS AND BOSTON SHAMROX OR CLOVERS.
@robserrano89715 ай бұрын
@@mainetain15 EVERY NBA SHOULD SUPPORT A WNBA TEAM 5 YEARS. THEN FLIP IT AND SELL TO AMAZING AND STABLE HOME GROWN OWNERSHIP GROUPS... HAWKS AND DREAM CELTICS AND SHAMROX-NEW NETS AND LIBERTY HORNETS AND STING 2.0 BULLS AND SKY CAVS AND ROCKERS 2.0 PISTONS AND SHOCK 2.0 PACERS AND FEVER HEAT AND VIBE-NEW BUCKS AND a team in Wisconsin or Iowa. KNICKS AND a team in Upstate or in New Jersey. MAGIC AND MIRACLE 76ERS AND BELLS-NEW RAPTORS AND HUSKIES WIZARDS AND MYSTICS. MAVS AND WINGS NUGGETS AND DYNAMITE-NEW WARRIORS AND VALKYRIE ROCKETS AND COMETS 2.0 CLIPPERS AND a team in SD LAKERS AND SPARKS GRIZZLIES AND a team in Tennessee TIMBERWOLVES AND LYNX PELICANS AND a team in Louisiana or Mississippi. THUNDER AND a team in Oklahoma or Kansas. SUNS AND MERCURY BLAZERS AND FIRE 2.0 KINGS AND MONARCHS 2.0 SPURS ANS SILVER STARS 2.0 JAZZ AND STAZZ 2.0 or HONEYZZ
@mainetain155 ай бұрын
@@liduck52I wish they would go to basketball season and work some double headers with towns that have a NBA team. They could be the early game. Do some double admissions. Idk, just an idea to help them grow
@ProlificDreamer5 ай бұрын
Nah, no one is sitting in no stadium for 6 hours to watch both events. To help grow they need more talent, the game is still choppy right now.
@El_Chuncho5 ай бұрын
This was a great era of basketball. Loved that team.
@orlandofields19735 ай бұрын
Same for the Detroit Shock. Was real neat to have them. Went to a few games, and saw their championship game at The Palace in 03'. They need to come back too.
@christopherdonaldson82313 ай бұрын
Yeah since they relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma after owner Bill Davidson died and now in Dallas...the "Bad Girls" era when they had Swin Cash, Deanna "Tweety" Nolan and Cheryl Ford and under coach Bill Laimbeer (yes, one of the Pistons' Bad Boys) won three titles
@actd79855 ай бұрын
Thanks for making this video! So many memories ⛹🏽♀️
@ad_stayfly75 ай бұрын
Man, Houston can use a WNBA team right now ! I missed the days of the comets but hear a lot about them these days.
@bigmyke58585 ай бұрын
As a kid, Cynthia Copper had me raising the roof after I made a jump shot. The GOAT
@djrafreak5 ай бұрын
Janeth Arcain was my first basketball idol. She is a HUGE basketball icon in Brazil and had a great 24 years career.
@Boopooh434 ай бұрын
Yes, Janeth was a huge part of that lineup, absolute dominance. I enjoyed those games, miss that team!
@meydallas5 ай бұрын
I wish that more people could watch this documentary and learn about the history of the WNBA. Nothing that is happening in the WNBA now is unprecedented; the WNBA was way more popular in the late 90s early 2000, and some of the great players were superstars who had shoe deals and were all over national TV like NBC. The most viewed and attended games in the WNBA history were in the 90 as well, and these records still stand.
@Inksplash525 ай бұрын
Agreed because these news fans acting like the WNBA just started is annoying
@meydallas5 ай бұрын
@@Inksplash52 Exactly, this is why I like to call them colonizers.
@freddyp3195 ай бұрын
If you look at the records that are being set this season, a lot of them say most ...... since the 90's. Now, that 20k attendance a few weeks ago is crazy. We're back
@VitaminKey50005 ай бұрын
They was the WNBA 90's Bulls. Unstoppable. I miss our Detroit Shock too.
@tiffanylane1844 ай бұрын
The Shock were fun to watch. I'm a Comets fan but Detroit's last to first storyline is one of the greats. Not to mention Tweety Nolan, Cash, Ford man they had a great team.
@JulianStreete5 ай бұрын
RIP Perrot. Great times living in Houston. The comets merch would go crazy
@johnstjohn19875 ай бұрын
The WNBA needs expansion. Im a Seattle Storm Fan but 12 Teams aint enough for how many talented Women there is.
@vanlang66045 ай бұрын
Hopefully some of the todays billionaires will adopt that concept.
@PrimordialBeing3605 ай бұрын
Facts
@jade-fm4no5 ай бұрын
Two coming in the next two years
@simonhowell44865 ай бұрын
The issue has been money. You can't create teams out of thin air, they must get financed. Hopefully, with the excitement and attention this rookie class brought in that'll change and these ladies can get more opportunities to play.
@elliemyers64355 ай бұрын
@@simonhowell4486 Two more teams coming!!! One next year in SF and another in 2026 in Toronto!
@iamlivingmybestlife5 ай бұрын
I want my damn team back!!!
@tiffanylane1844 ай бұрын
Me too
@Jsinista5 ай бұрын
I worked for the comets the last few years before they defunct. It was pretty sad around the Toyota center
@yvesangelic14475 ай бұрын
Great Video! Can you do a series with great ex Players? Like Penny Taylor?! She was so underrated yet one of the BEST in the WNBA
@Thelaceyjoy4 ай бұрын
This was a GREAT VIDEO, thank you for taking the time to make it ♥️🏀
@darrendoyle5685 ай бұрын
If any wnba franchise deserves to be revived and brought back it’s the Houston Comets
@BrandanTheBroker5 ай бұрын
They'll be back at some point, someone will reactivate the team if the demand picks up
@mayaedwards315 ай бұрын
Maybe juju that would be wild in 3yrs from now if possible
@Chloeeezyyy4 ай бұрын
They’ve already been working on it for at least two years
@BruteStrength995 ай бұрын
I remember wishing Cheryl Miller didn't have a bum knee. She would've dominated the WNBA. Still an excellent coach.
@SomeChink5 ай бұрын
Imagine Cynthia Cooper and Cheryl Millet duking it out Would’ve been legendary
@willieduffie49675 ай бұрын
Yeah...... what could been?
@BeaMode19905 ай бұрын
Listen. It hurts my heart that she couldn't ball out but my girl was a damn good coach in Phoenix. ❤
@adicolor045 ай бұрын
It’s wild to think that Reggie Miller wasn’t even the best player in his house 😅
@Think1stMedia5 ай бұрын
No she wouldn't have, as great as she was, she still was too old then. PRIME Cheryl Miller on the other hand, hell yeah.
@nicolecarlos68945 ай бұрын
I will say this is the best era of the WNBA
@jaridatkinson49075 ай бұрын
Easily
@DJ.Generation5 ай бұрын
The 90’s - 2000’s was the best era for ALOT of things 😁
@jaridatkinson49074 ай бұрын
@@DJ.Generation u r not wrong at all
@assassssasa5 ай бұрын
just wait for the day the houston comets come back
@SIRUSSAYS5 ай бұрын
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@JohnJohnson-vi4ev5 ай бұрын
Great video. Never knew Houston was this dominant. Mad respect to that whole squad 💯
@JohnJones-jb2be5 ай бұрын
Thanks to Mr Fertitta rockets owner been having discussions about bringing a wbna team back to Houston
@anthonyemerson29655 ай бұрын
Such a shame. Can you imagine if the Yankees or the Lakers just folded because of poor management?
@HeavyJ7135 ай бұрын
The league probably wanted Houston gone
@darkdante95 ай бұрын
@@HeavyJ713But why would they want the first 4-peat team gone? It doesn't make sense. How no one wanted to own and manage this team is beyond me.
@prst995 ай бұрын
@@anthonyemerson2965 it’s representative of how bad this women sport is compared to other sports. Women’s basketball as it exists in the current form is terrible. They need to sex it up for male audiences because women do not care much for women sports.
@freddyp3195 ай бұрын
@darkdante9 probably the recession. I can't believe the league gave up that fast though. Mark Cuban said "I'm out"
@litodat2335 ай бұрын
Right I don’t see how the league didn’t step in or the nba to save them given they have all this history
@deonlepharaoh5 ай бұрын
Coop still the goat
@jglover595 ай бұрын
"Its That time baby. We rollin tonight,... and I mean ROLLIN!!!" - COACH
@thedonmega915 ай бұрын
As much as I loved Coop, TT, and Swoopes. My favorite player back in the day was Teresa Wetherspoon!
@christopherdonaldson82315 ай бұрын
And 'Spoon is now the Head Coach in Chicago, having Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso and Chennedy Carter
@Chloeeezyyy4 ай бұрын
She was locking people up. Seatbelt 💺
@_MindfulAthlete5 ай бұрын
Great video but made me really sad. 4x champions disbanding a decade later is tragic. The part about Kim Perrot was also so sad.
@jamesbethley49725 ай бұрын
Owners that don't know what they are doing. And poor support staff, never should have jumped to a bigger isolated stadium.
@prst995 ай бұрын
@@jamesbethley4972 the main problem is not owners but the play and looks of the WNBA. They all lose money forever. The attractiveness of the WNBA is not there. We have to remember that sports are entertainment no different than clown shows or strip shows. Attractiveness comes in the form of good play and sexual appeal. If the play isn’t that good, then you need to improve the sexual appeal. Women’s sports thrives on sexual appeal. Athleticism is not what brings the attention for women sports.
@bjnt9225 ай бұрын
I’m a Houstonian and was (still am) a die hard Comets fan. I think if they’d won the 2008 draft lottery and got Candace Parker instead of the Sparks. The league would have had an incentive to keep them around and fan support would have definitely skyrocketed back to the dynasty years. I look forward to when they return (and they will) Houston is too large of a tv market to not have a team.
@bander95 ай бұрын
Cynithia Cooper is the GOAT, no doubt. She started in the league at age 34. Won (4) championships and was MVP of all (4) championship games while playing with another HoFamer Cheryl Swoopes, even Jordan would marvel at that. No other female player has accomplished those feats.
@bencromwell7075 ай бұрын
The First Basketball🏀 Player I Was In Love With Was The Iconic Tina Thompson She💋💋💋 Is Legendary #Fact
@ADL215 ай бұрын
starting a go fund me to revive the Houston Comets.
@bria16605 ай бұрын
😀😀😀😀
@rebradley45 ай бұрын
You forget that the owner stated he didn't want to support having lesbians as role models for his daughters. I remember being shocked that he would say that. But there was no cancel culture back then.
@blubastud5 ай бұрын
18:12 Tina Thompson's face says everything you need to know about that play, lol.
@Umekias_Corner5 ай бұрын
Interesting how Cooper become apart of the Comets and the commissioner admitting to not knowing how good she really was ….
@Idontwannaknowu235 ай бұрын
They thought because of her age(34) she wouldn’t still be as good as she was . As a fan of that team, I’m glad they underestimated her lol
@marqusbraddy51455 ай бұрын
Man that team had 2 Micheal Jordan’s
@dirtmike62585 ай бұрын
cooper was jordan, swoopes was pippen
@humbledragger64115 ай бұрын
“I like when they beg” - Michael jordan 😂😂😂
@chrisherber16353 ай бұрын
He was out of pocket for that.
@outlawedbeats5 ай бұрын
It's funny, I forgot I used to watch the wnba, but watching this made me remember! This team made me interested in the wnba. They were soooo good!
@blazers015 ай бұрын
I loved watching this team back in the day! 😁😊
@SIRUSSAYS5 ай бұрын
UMM .. HOW TO MAKE IT TO THE NBA: BRONNY JAMES - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipeWc5umpp59pac
@alvaspringer87165 ай бұрын
4 chips and no more team... how does that happen?
@grandmarquice36555 ай бұрын
I used to watch the Wnba alot back in the 90s when Cynthia Cooper was the MJ of the W💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
@OneIdeaTooMany3 ай бұрын
Im here because of Caitlin Clark and i was not disappointed. This was an amazing documentary! And now i know more great WNBA players and know more about Sheryl Swoopes other than her controversial comments about Caitlin Clark. Wow! These girls were awesome! They need to bring the comets back!
@kincamell25 ай бұрын
Gratitude Peace to the players before The WNBA and The WNBA players who paved the way for today's game. Peace to Kim Perrot. Peace to Nikki Kesangane McCray-Penson.
@christopherdonaldson82313 ай бұрын
Peace to Margo Dydek, tallest player in WNBA history at 7'2"
@DoreYaya3 ай бұрын
You gotta do more WNBA content cause this was so good and informative! Great work!! 👌🏾👌🏾
@valgentry40955 ай бұрын
I remember that shot from Theresa Witherspoon. I worked at the Summit/Compac Centre, from "91-98" & 2003! Chucky The Lone Wolf 🐺 H-Town (🎱🦈)
@Boopooh434 ай бұрын
I was there too. Shot was like a dagger in the stands, epic!
@TwoToneHatch5 ай бұрын
It’s amazing just how good that 4peat team was! Thanks for posting WNBA content!!!!
@jaywashington74915 ай бұрын
90's sports was so much fun to watch. And as a young man I did have a major crush on Tina Thompson. The Houston Comets and New York Liberty was some of the best basketball back in the day.
@kasiahroy20825 ай бұрын
Those lips and her signature lipstick were everything
@LapNgo-h9u5 ай бұрын
Anyone catch the Becky Hammon cameo at 17:38?
@christopherdonaldson82315 ай бұрын
4:39 Dawn Staley
@crystalfelts24045 ай бұрын
I love this series and a Comets instalment is so hype
@LonerBecause4 ай бұрын
This was a well out documentary from you going on the WNBA History. To your voice!. VERY INFORMATIVE
@thekidxfilms5 ай бұрын
amazing intro!
@spydadasinga5 ай бұрын
Ngl…as a Houstonian, the WNBA hasn’t hit the same for me since simply because they let the Comets fold. You wouldn’t catch the NBA letting the Lakers or the Celtics fold
@FirearmofMutiny4 ай бұрын
You're right, and you had the Shock moving a year after their 3rd WNBA title. It's why I can't take the Lynx's 4 championships seriously
@TaylorMadeFitnessCoach5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this, I was looking for these answers recently 👌
@Idontwannaknowu235 ай бұрын
I remember my parents taking us on a trip just to watch the Comets vs the Shock back in 98. My dad was all things Detroit and my mom was all things Houston. That day I became a fan of Cindy Brown, Lynette Woodard, Swoopes and Cooper. I was so sad when the Comets went under smh
@lionelbutler65415 ай бұрын
The Comets were the last professional sports team to win 4 Championships in a row, let that sink in.
@traceyhall88775 ай бұрын
I remember living so close I heard the celebration of us winning a championship when I was a kid.. Good times! Miss my Houston Comets
@nicolechandler81335 ай бұрын
I need a full docuseries with interviews. Give me a 30 for 30 like the Bulls got. The Cometa were my team. I had the gear, ball, and cards I remember when the WNBA hosted it's only game in my home state. I was an excited kid. I still have signed cards.
@HoustonSportsStateoftheUnion5 ай бұрын
This is the Comets video he been looking for for a decade.
@zebertbrown15175 ай бұрын
I've long wondered what happened to the Houston Comets, the 1st dynasty in professional women's 🏀. Now, I know. It's such a sad story. The Comets were my team! (At least in the 🌎 of professional women's sports.) Once Copper retired and Swoops got hurt, things were never the same for this legendary franchise. I hope Houston will one day get another pro-women's basketball team. They deserve a sencond chance at it.
@brandohmc85475 ай бұрын
The Compaq center used to be rocking. I thought I was gonna grow up and get to go to games more.