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With half the country likely suffering from cabin fever after seeing the snowmageddon this past week, there’s no better time for NBA All-Star Weekend which kicks off Friday in Dallas,TX.
For an All-Star Weekend that promises to trump all All-Star Weekends, with nearly 100,000 fans expected for the All-Star Game, there’s no better time for an NBA All-Star Weekend Drinking Game.
(To save my skin and a potential lawsuit: Don’t try this if you’re under 21 or a lightweight with booze. And do it with beer. That’s the only way you won’t die.)
With that said… if you’ve got a keg to kill and there’s so much snow on the ground that you won’t see your street for another two weeks… eat your heart out:

2010 NBA All-Star Weekend Drinking Game
EVENT: A trade rumor is referenced.
CONSEQUENCE: One drink.

EVENT: Dwight Howard makes a free throw.
CONSEQUENCE: Two drinks.

EVENT: Nate Robinson dunks over someone in the Dunk Contest. (Again. Again.)
CONSEQUENCE: One drink.

EVENT: TMZ/Deadspin posts a picture of an NBA player drinking or drunk.
CONSEQUENCE: Two drinks (one for them, one for you).

EVENT: TMZ/Deadspin posts a picture of an NBA player blacked out or passed out.
CONSEQUENCE: However many drinks it takes you to get to that point.

EVENT: An All-Star pulls out of the All-Star Game due to injury (this can be retroactive, through past Monday).
CONSEQUENCE: Three drinks.

EVENT: The looming lockout/labor negotiations are discussed.
CONSEQUENCE: Two drinks.

EVENT: A player or coach receives a technical foul. (Here’s lookin’ at you, Stan Van Gundy.)
CONSEQUENCE: Five drinks.

EVENT: The announcers mention “upside” or “length” during the rookies vs. sophomores game.
CONSEQUENCE: One drink.

EVENT: Gilbert Arenas and/or Stephon Marbury show up in Dallas.
CONSEQUENCE: Three drinks.

EVENT: Gilbert Arenas points his fingers as guns…at NBA commissioner David Stern.
CONSEQUENCE: Twenty drinks. (Or however fast you can burn $80 million.)

EVENT: The free agent class of 2010 is mentioned.
CONSEQUENCE: One drink.

EVENT: Someone talks about the demise of the Dunk Contest.
CONSEQUENCE: Two drinks.

EVENT: The TV producers cut to a picture of LeBron James right after discussing the demise of the Dunk Contest.
CONSEQUENCE: Finish the nearest bottle of liquor.

EVENT: Kobe vs. LeBron is discussed. (Yes, that includes Nike commercials.)
CONSEQUENCE: Two drinks.

EVENT: An announcer or player suggest a league MVP other than LeBron James.
CONSEQUENCE: Three drinks.

EVENT: Someone brings up Kazaam.
CONSEQUENCE: Go shot-for-shot with Shaquille O’Neal during the entirety of All-Star Weekend.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/344040-the-2010-nba-all-star-weekend-drinking-game