In the same way, it was the Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Garnett who featured on the cover Original Backyard Basketball, Leslie was part of NBA 2K22 MT the game, and you could play as her and Garnett.

Sheryl Swoopes and Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets star players, were absent during the 2001 WNBA season. Cooper, a two-time MVP and four-time champion was forced to quit following the 2000 season. He returned in 2003. Swoopes was a part of those four championships, and was the league's reigning MVP, was not in action in 2001 due to a tear in her ACL. Leslie not only won the MVP award for 2001, she won Finals MVP after helping the Sparks win their first title on Sept. 1. A month later, Backyard Basketball was released with her being the sole female player in real life (Garnett was the only men's player) instead of Cooper and Swoopes.

Cooper and Swoopes have been regarded as the first real faces of the WNBA However, it was Leslie who was the initial persona of the league for children that Backyard Basketball was geared towards, including me. Leslie was the first WNBA player I had come across and helped me to Cheap MT 2K22 get into women's basketball.