Browne (who goes by"Shaka") and Martin (who goes by"Lotty") increased the global rankings of the NBA 2K9 online community. It was a competitive time with 2K21 MT countless thousands competing on the web. Shaka, whose handle was"YoungSparks92," watched somebody climbing the rankings with him. Both New Yorkers were connected together then. Little did they know that nearly a decade later they'd be teammates, competing side by side for the Utah Jazz in a professional league for NBA 2K players.

See, in the moment, it was all about positions. They climbed the ladder up. They jockeyed for position. Shaka had the bragging rights always ahead of Lotty. So when Lotty found out the two NBA 2K stars grew up in the same area of Mount Vernon, New York. He knew he had to fight him. 1 game to pick bragging rights to the town and 2K. They went to different high schools, so it wasn't like they could join by themselves. But they had mutual friends, so the match was set up.

Shaka wanted the opportunity to play with Lotty one on one. He knew he was a much better player than him, even though they were constantly neck-and-neck at the competitive positions. He just needed the moment to prove it. They played a hard-fought game.

After that night, both competitors -- who had never met until there -- ended up going into the movies. Fast forward more than 10 decades and both are still side by side, teaming together on Jazz Gambling, the Utah Jazz affiliate to its NBA 2K League. "When we found out that we were out of precisely the exact same area and Buy MT 2K21 we're on top of the planet, like, wow, that is mad we will need to begin hanging out and talking about the game to kind of learn from each other," Shaka explained. "And we only became teammates then."