It turned out to be a competitive time using hundreds of NBA 2K MT Coins thousands competing online. Shaka, whose speech has been"YoungSparks92," saw someone climbing the ranks with him. The two New Yorkers were connected together afterward.

See, at the time, it was all about positions. They climbed up the ladder. Shaka had the bragging rights -- always ahead of Lotty. So when Lotty discovered the two NBA 2K stars climbed up in the Exact Same neighborhood of Mount Vernon, New York. He knew he had to battle him. One game to pick bragging rights for the town and 2K. They went to different high schools, so it was not like they could join on their own.

Shaka wanted the opportunity to play with Lotty one on one. He always knew he was a much better player than him, even though they had been always neck-and-neck in the competitive positions. He only needed the moment to establish it. They played with a hard-fought game. Lotty picked the Los Angeles Lakers -- a team touting a prime Kobe Bryant -- and Shaka chose the Rockets, which had Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming at the time. The game was close, but Shaka won by 10 or so.

After that night, both opponents -- that had never met until there -- ended up going to the movies. "When we found out that we were from the same neighborhood and we're both on top of the planet, such as, wow, that is mad we need to start hanging out and Buy 2K21 MT talking about the sport to kind of learn from each other," Shaka said. "And then we only became teammates then."