There still aren’t any female avatars in the NBA 2K video game franchise, but there is now one woman in the NBA 2K League. Warriors Gaming selected Chiquita Evans in the fourth round of Tuesday’s second-year NBA 2K League Draft, making her the league’s first female player.
Evans will be controlling a male virtual character this upcoming season. A new NBA 2K has been released every year since 1999. The latest edition of the franchise, NBA 2K19, still does not offer the option to play as WNBA players, or the ability to create female avatars—unlike its major competitor, EA Sports’ NBA Live Series.