Got Questions? Discover NowWe Have Answers 1997 1997 1998 1999 2000 2008 Comets Team Creation The Comets were one of the founding teams in the WNBA. Houston is still clearly a basketball city. WNBA Championship 1997 They capped off the league’s inaugural season in 1997 with a win over the New York Liberty in the WNBA championship game to win the WNBA’s first …