Candace Parker was chosen to take on the role of MT 2K22 PS4 NBA2K22. This is the first time a female basketball player has achieved this honor. Candace Parker's Los Angeles Sparks mentor Lisa Leslie was the one who opened the way for women to participate in basketball video games.

Before PlayStation 5, 4 and 3, when NBA2K2 was in development, Leslie appeared in Humungous Entertainment's Backyard Basketball (2001).While it was the Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Garnett who was the cover model of the first Backyard Basketball, Leslie was included in the game and you could even play as her or Garnett.

Sheryl Swoopes as well as Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets famous players, were absent during the 2001 WNBA season. Cooper went on to retire after the season of 2000, with a record of two MVPs and four-time champion, before returning in 2003. Swoopes was also a part of the four championships, and was the league's MVP for the prevailing season.

She was unable to return in 2001 because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament. After helping the Sparks get their first title in September 2001, Leslie won not only the MVP award in 2001 but as well the Finals MVP. Backyard Basketball was released one month later with Leslie as the only female player in real life (Garnett was only a male player).

Cooper and Swoopes are considered the first faces to be recognized by the WNBA, but it was Leslie who was the initial to be the face of the league youngsters Backyard Basketball was geared towards and included me. Leslie was the first WNBA player I heard about and introduced me to Buy MT 2K22 PS5 women's basketball.