The 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend Drinking Game

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.