{"id":21517,"date":"2021-07-15T13:51:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21517"},"modified":"2021-07-16T00:43:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T05:43:52","slug":"wnba-star-candace-parker-becomes-first-woman-to-cover-nba-2k-im-extremely-proud-and-humbled-stated-mrs-parker-and-it-doesnt-hurt-that-candace-is-a-intellectually-sound-beauty-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21517","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Candace Parker Becomes First Woman to Cover NBA 2K: I’m ‘Extremely Proud and Humbled’, STATED MRS. PARKER. AND IT DOESN’T HURT THAT CANDACE IS A “Intellectually SOUND BEAUTY QUEEN”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WNBA Star Candace Parker Becomes First Woman to Cover NBA 2K<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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\"Gary <\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>Candace Parker<\/a> is making sports video game history.On Wednesday, 2K Sports announced<\/a> that the 35-year-old basketball player will grace the\u00a0NBA 2K22<\/em>\u00a0cover for the\u00a0WNBA 25th anniversary special edition, making her the first female cover athlete in the franchise’s history.Set to be released on Sept. 10, Parker joins Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a> \u2014 who was named the cover athlete for the\u00a0standard edition \u2014 and Kevin Durant<\/a>, Dirk Nowitzki<\/a> and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a>, who will star on the cover for the\u00a0NBA 75th anniversary edition.”Extremely proud and humbled to be the first female cover athlete in the history of @NBA2K,” Parker wrote<\/a> on Twitter. “I’m honored to work with a company that’s investing in women and betting on us to succeed. I’m hopeful there will be many more badass females to follow.”The Chicago Sky player joins a small selection of female athletes who have been tapped for the covers of sports games over the years, including Shawn Johnson<\/a> on a Gymnastics by Wii game, according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Extremely proud and humbled to be the first female cover athlete in the history of @NBA2K<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m honored to work with a company that\u2019s investing in women and betting on us to succeed. I\u2019m hopeful there will be many more badass females to follow \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd pic.twitter.com\/WJan4YE7Qt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) July 14, 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking with ESPN, Parker \u2014 a self-described “video game fanatic” \u2014 said the news of her cover is a dream come true.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“As a kid growing up, you dream of having your own shoe and dream of being in a video game. Those are an athlete as a kid’s dreams. To be able to experience that, I don’t take it lightly,” she told the outlet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sports star also said that she understands there were an array of other players who could have been chosen to be the first\u00a0to cover the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It means a lot to me. I’m a fan of basketball. I eat, sleep and breathe basketball. I’m a historian within basketball. I am a fan of basketball. I commentate basketball. I play video games,” the former MVP said. “It was really the perfect storm because there are a lot of other people well-deserving of this, and I know that.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\""I'm <\/span> \u00a0“I’m honored to work with a company that’s investing in women and betting on us to succeed,” Candace Parker said <\/span> <\/span>All three versions of the forthcoming video game are planned to be released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC, per Fox News<\/a>. The\u00a0WNBA 25th anniversary special edition\u00a0is available for pre-order<\/a> now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an interview earlier this year, Parker told PEOPLE she was proud to be just one of an entire generation of WNBA athletes who are making “strides forward” in ensuring the league is taken seriously on the court \u2013 and off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We’ve gone from a couple of athletes speaking out to now, an entire league shutting down and demanding change,” she told PEOPLE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Candace Parker on What She’d Change About the WNBA If She Were Commissioner for a Day<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

During her appearance on The Daily Show<\/em> Monday, the Chicago Sky player, 35, was asked to think of three improvements that she’d make if she were in charge of the league for 24 hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If Candace Parker were commissioner of the WNBA for a day, she’d make a few changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During a Monday night appearance on The Daily Show<\/em>, the Chicago Sky player, 35, was asked to think of three improvements that she’d make if she were in charge of the league for 24 hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It didn’t take long for her to come up with some ideas. First and foremost? Update the league’s rules about traveling on the court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“The NBA travels,” she pointed out to host Trevor Noah. “I would allow the WNBA to have the same rules as the NBA within traveling, because I feel like we make a bomb move and it’s a travel, but in the NBA you’ve got Giannis [Antetokounmpo] taking 97 steps and everyone is like ‘Wow that’s amazing!’ “<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She laughed, “It is amazing, but … can we get similar rules? I’m not saying NBA can’t travel, I’m saying just let the WNBA travel.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Parker also said she wouldn’t mind if there were times where the league could take it easy on the older players.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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