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Candace Parker Makes Bold Rafters Request as Houston Comets Unveil New Logo
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- Candace Parker Makes Bold Rafters Request as Houston Comets Unveil New Logo
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Candace Parker played her rookie season in 2008, the last year the original Houston Comets existed in the WNBA . On Oct. 29, the franchise taking their place unveiled its logo at POST Houston.
Houston came up near the end of the WNBA portion of Episode 54 of Post Moves , the podcast Parker co-hosts with Aliyah Boston.
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"They are set to make their return to the W after almost two decades," Parker said. "I actually played in their last season. I remember the gym that they played in."
That gym was Reliant Arena. Houston had moved there for 2008 from Toyota Center, and the WNBA took over the team that year before it folded.
Parker had gone No. 1 to the Los Angeles Sparks in that spring's draft.
Tilman Fertitta's family, which owns the Rockets, bought the Connecticut Sun in March with plans to move it to Houston.
Comets Logo Honors Four Championships
Four stars sit inside the new logo, one for each title from 1997 through 2000. A fifth, in white, is for Texas.
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"I love it," Parker explained. "The Comets, the basketball. The [H] is a little confusing. I need the [H] to be a little higher."
Travis Scott's company, TSTM Holdings, is still in a trademark dispute with the team over the Comets name, according to Just Women's Sports.
Parker Wants Original Comets Legends in the Rafters
Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes, and Tina Thompson won all four of those titles together under Van Chancellor, who coached Houston until January 2007. Comets legends showed up at POST Houston for the reveal.
"And obviously our legends are going to go into the rafters," Parker said. "They have to. Tina Thompson, Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper. They need to be hung. The rafters ASAP. So we need to make that happen now."
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Thompson came to Houston out of USC as the first pick of the 1997 draft. USC's current star, JuJu Watkins, returned from a torn ACL on Nov. 2 with 21 points against UNLV.
"If JuJu decides to come out, she does have another year of eligibility," Parker said. "It could be following in Tina Thompson's footsteps. USC to Houston. I don't know. Only time will tell."
Meziane Stays as Head Coach
Connecticut won 22 of its 88 games across Rachid Meziane's two seasons, which began after his hire in December 2024.
"So Rachid Meziane is also going to remain the head coach," Parker said. "He was there with Connecticut, and he's going to be with the Houston Comets. So they're staying pretty consistent."
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The Comets kept Meziane after the move from Connecticut .
Toronto, an expansion team, went 11-33. The Sun beat the Tempo in the last game ever played in Uncasville, and both teams landed at .250.
Houston and Toronto enter the Nov. 15 lottery with the same 32.9% chance of landing the No. 1 pick. Houston is guaranteed to pick no lower than third after the Sun dropped two of three games to the Tempo.
As of April, Connecticut had Leila Lacan, Saniya Rivers, Aneesah Morrow, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa signed through 2027, with a team option on Aaliyah Edwards.
Houston native Brittney Griner signed with the Sun in April, less than two weeks after the sale was announced.
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The league remains at 15 teams next season, adding Cleveland in 2028, Detroit in 2029, and Philadelphia in 2030.
The Comets' 2027 home games will be at Toyota Center, home of the original Comets from 2004 to 2007.
