Friday, July 2, 2010

NBA Happy Hour: Following Free Agency "Reports"


TGIF basketball fans! It's the end of the week, so that means NBA Happy Hour! Grab a beer, follow the rules and start the weekend with a Don Nelson-level buzz.

We are all currently stewing in the steaming hot broth called 2010 NBA free agency. It's salty and strange. Hopefully this modest drinking game will get you through the dregs of the "reporting." Yes, the off-season can be a lonely place, but this drinking game doesn't need to be. So grab a few friends, tune into ESPN or NBA TV and...

Drink any time:

*An unnamed or anonymous source is quoted or paraphrased
*A reporter infers that he/she knows the thought process of any given player
*You or someone you're with tries to contextualize the amount of money that's being thrown around here (simply repeating contract totals counts also)
*There's a shot of LeBron in a car
*Someone conveys stale info via touch screen
*A reporter simply rehashes information all of us already know
*Tom Penn drops knowledge
*Someone uses the phrase "done deal"
*Any piece of information is divulged via a Twitter account, then reported as such

Finish your drink any time:

*You actually learn a new piece of information (a player "agreeing in principle" counts; it's all we've got)
*A player is offered a reasonably priced contract (just kidding, this won't happen)

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