Kevin Love answered a range of questions from fans for the Players’ Tribune Mailbag on Thursday. Of course one of those questions was about Kobe Bryant. What basketball fan doesn’t want to hear more legendary Kobe stories?

The story Love chose goes back to the 2011 All-Star Game in Los Angeles. A serious moment between him and Kobe turned into a good laugh on the court, and Dirk Nowitzki is involved. Here it is:

I was lucky to get to watch him early on in my career because we were both on the 2012 Olympic team. But let’s see … the story that comes to mind about Kobe was at the All-Star Game in L.A. in 2011. In warmups before the game, everyone is kind of messing around and getting loose and Kobe comes up to me and says, “How do you get so many rebounds?”

I thought he was joking because it was the All-Star Game, but he seemed serious, so I gave him some tips. Before the game started, Kobe came over to me while I was talking to Dirk and he said, “I’m going to go out and get a double-double.” Later in the game, I checked in and gave Kobe a big hug.

Kobe was smiling and said, “I told you. I told you.”

Dirk was laughing as I came back to the bench. In his German accent, Dirk said to me, “It’s crazy, man, it’s crazy. When Kobe says something, he’s going to do it.”

Kobe finished the game with 37 points … and 14 rebounds.

Kobe won All-Star MVP that year.

Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Staff

Check out the full Mailbag to read Love’s thoughts about Game of Thrones and more.

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