NBA All-Star Weekend is full of surprises, some on the court and many off the court. Naturally, this creates many opportunities for prop bets.
Quick notes:
1. These prop bets cover All-Star Saturday Night and the All-Star Game.
2. Bets call for a yes/no answer, an over/under answer or a multiple-choice answer.
3. There are no odds. Everything is meant to be roughly even.
Skills Competition
-- Isaiah Thomas dunks.
-- Anthony Davis needs 2.5 shots to make his three-pointer.
-- Cameras show Chanel Iman after Jordan Clarkson's first run.
-- C.J. McCollum calls out the NBA for leaving Damian Lillard (two-time Skills Competition champion) out of the All-Star Game during a TV interview.
-- Draymond Green laughs during one of his runs.
-- Karl-Anthony Towns needs 2.5 bounce passes.
-- DeMarcus Cousins smiles when finishes his first run.
-- Announcers talk about Emmanuel Mudiay's one-year in China and Larry Brown in the 10 seconds before he starts his first run.
-- The final round winner beats 30 seconds.
-- Announcers says "Steve Nash" 3.5 times.
-- TNT mentions 0.5 times that the Shooting Stars Competition was terminated after 12 years.
-- You get bored, change the channel and decide you will only come back to TNT for the Slam Dunk Contest.
Three-Point Contest
-- Stephen Curry wins.
-- If in attendance, Riley Curry is shown 5.5 times.
-- Announcers reference Drake's "I been Steph Curry with the shot," line in "0 to 100/The Catch Up."
-- Announcers mention Klay Thompson's NBA-record 37 points in one quarter, as it is the one thing he has on Curry (let's be honest, Steph is going to beat that at some point).
-- Chris Bosh videobombs 1.5 fellow competitors during on-court interviews.
-- James Harden goes out of his way for a blatant marketing plug for Adidas.
-- Referenced more: J.J. Redick's Duke career or his tattoos.
-- 1.5 TNT on-air personalities pick Devin Booker to win and call him, "the guy no one's talking about."
-- Kyle Lowry lets Drake take 0.5 of this shots.
-- Announcers weave Jason Kidd's shooting into Khris Middleton's performance.
-- Winner records final round score of 23.5
-- Winner is a height of 6-5 1/2 (Lowry, Curry, Redick and Harden are listed 6-5 or shorter, Booker, Thompson, Middleton and Bosh are 6-6 or taller).
-- Reggie Miller expresses disappointment in never winning the contest 1.5 times.
-- Larry Bird's name is used 8.5 times.
Slam Dunk Contest
-- Zach LaVine wins.
-- 2015 Zach LaVine Slam Dunk Contest highlights are shown 4.5 times.
-- Zach LaVine uses Andrew Wiggins OR Karl-Anthony Towns OR both.
-- Aaron Gordon is compared to Blake Griffin 2.5 times.
-- Announcers says Will Barton should win Sixth Man of the Year 1.5 times.
-- Andre Drummond's free-throw shooting woes are mentioned 4.5 times.
-- Andre Drummond mocks his free-throw shooting with a dunk that uses the free throw line as a prop.
-- Food is used as a prop.
-- A form of transportation is used as a prop.
-- There will be more Vince Carter dunking highlights than Kobe Bryant highlights.
-- Kobe Bryant expresses some form of approval at 0.5 dunks.
-- 0.5 dunks will relate to Vince Carter.
-- 0.5 dunks will relate to Kobe Bryant.
-- The five judges combine for 10.5 NBA titles (Bill Russell is really the kicker here).
-- 0.5 times announcers mention Larry Nance, Jr. should be in this year's Slam Dunk Contest.
-- Nate Robinson is in attendance.
-- Charles Barkley says he could have won the Slam Dunk Contest.
-- Shaq and Charles Barkley have 1.5 rants that would make CBS/NBC/Fox/ABC cringe.
-- 1.5 Windmills.
-- 0.5 players hit their head on the rim.
-- 1.5 perfect 50s are recorded.
All-Star Game
-- Drake's shirt color: Red, black, white, gray or other.
-- Drake will wear some sort of Raptors paraphernalia.
-- Drake will sit next to his mom, Kevin Hart, Norm Kelly, Lil Wayne, Dwane Casey, Spike Lee or other.
-- Drake's shoes will be OVO brand, Jordan brand, OVO Jordans or other.
-- Drake takes 0.5 shots during the game.
-- Drake gets 20.5 high fives from players during the game.
-- TNT plays 6.5 Drake songs going into commercial.
-- Drake appears as part of Sting's halftime show.
-- 1.5 new Drake singles are released on Sunday.
-- Drake makes 0.5 references to "The 6" while on camera during the game.
-- 2.5 TV interviews with Drake (on TNT, American television).
-- Drake will have facial hair.
-- Kanye West and 2.5 Kardashian/Jenners are in attendance.
-- Jay-Z and Beyonce are in attendance.
-- Russell Westbrook tries harder than anyone else during the game.
-- If Riley Curry is in attendance, she has 0.5 on-camera interviews.
-- Dell Curry is interviewed during the game.
-- 24.5 shots attempted by Kobe Bryant
-- 10.5 three-pointers attempted by Stephen Curry
-- 2.5 mentions to Damian Lillard being far and away the best player left off the All-Star Game roster.
-- 1.5 random Kristaps Porzingis references.
-- 20.5 rebounds for Andre Drummond.
-- Draymond Green records a triple-double.
-- Stephen Curry gets a louder ovation during pregame introductions than Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan.
-- LeBron James gets booed at some point before, during or after the game.
-- Tyronn Lue is disrespected by 1.5 players.
-- Gregg Popovich's first in-game interview lasts 10.5 seconds.
-- The Paul George injury replay is showed.
-- Kevin Durant's future destination is mentioned.
-- Adam Silver is praised during the game.
-- Michael Jordan is courtside OR in a suite OR other.
-- 6.5 turnovers for James Harden.
-- Anthony Davis' unibrow is mentioned.
-- 12.5 assists for Chris Paul.
-- 0.5 technical fouls for DeMarcus Cousins
-- More MVP chants: Kobe OR Steph.
-- Combined score adds up to 310.5 points.
-- The West wins by 7.5 points.
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