Surely you’d like to hear the story about when future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan briefly sang to Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez on the court a few years ago. It’s certainly relevant with the Spurs and Nets tipping off in San Antonio on Friday night.

And here it is, as told by Brook's older brother, Chris:

Brook was playing in San Antonio against Tim, and I was actually watching on TV. The game [which took place Jan. 10, 2010] was at the end of a roadtrip, so they were coming back home and I was going to be picking him up from the airport early that morning. During one of the timeouts, I think it was in the middle of the fourth quarter, Brook was having a good game. [He finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks].

So the Nets are coming out of a timeout, and I see [Tim and Brook] kind of bent over, kind of at the elbow at the free-throw line, and they’re kind of next to each other, and I see Timmy kind of like mouthing something into Brook’s ear, and I was like, ‘What did he say to him?’

We’ve always respected Timmy’s game from afar so much that I was interested.

When Brook came back and I was picking him up from the plane, he got in the car and we were just talking about the game and I was like 'Hey, in the middle of that fourth quarter I saw Timmy lean over and say something to you, what did he say?' And Brook got this big smile on his face and he said the speakers in the arena were playing [Guns N' Roses'] "Welcome to the Jungle! We’ve got fun and games!" And he said Timmy was mouthing that in his ear.

And the two of them had a nice laugh about it. And that’s a moment where as an athlete and as a person who played your whole life, it seems like a nothing moment, but those are the kinds of things you remember.