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Into basketball? Well, if you answered "yes" then you're in luck! Answered "no"? Well, you're out of luck - get into it. I'm not the worlds biggest bball fan, and I still get excited for  

**NBA All-Star Weekend**

photo via FanIQ

It's full of events, exhibitions, celeb sightings and the best part - it all takes place in one weekend. The NBA All-Star Weekend takes place every February and leads up to the All-Star game, which happens on Sunday night.This year, the jam packed weekend takes place in the City of Angeles.

photo via Benchwarmer Sports

Here's a line up of the weekends main events:

-Friday-

CELEB GAME

The name pretty much explains itself. It's a basketball game played by all sorts of celebs and retired players. The game also involves WNBA (Woman NBA league) and other athletes, which is pretty sweet.

Look here to see who's playing

ROOKIE CHALLENGE

This game is basically babies vs. toddlers. The newbies ("Rookies") compete against 2nd year players ("Sophmores"). 

More on the game here

D-LEAGUE (NBA's minor league) DREAM FACTORY FRIDAY NIGHT

These nighttime events include a dunk contest, a three-point shootout and a H-O-R-S-E competition (a fun, elimination game) all played by the minors.

-Saturday-

D-LEAGUE (NBA's minor league) ALL-STAR GAME

The top minor league players duke it out in a game. 

More on the D-Leauge game here

SLAM DUNK CONTEST

Probably my favorite event of the weekend. Do you like "Dancing with the Stars" and judging the talented dancers? Just like the dancers do, the boys gets judged on how insane their dunks are. They get a score of 1-10 after each dunk, and points are added up to see who the ultimate dunker is. Feeling extra basketbally? Get some girls (and boys, if they will cooperate) together to watch, make your own score cards, and get judging!

Check out this video on last years top dunks. Craaaazy right?

THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT

NBA's top 3-point shooters get five shots from different spots on the court. They get points per shot to determine which player comes out on top.

SKILLS CHALLENGE

Just like the old school obstacle courses we used to set up as kids, the pro's have to work around a course to shoot, dribble and pass. 

SHOOTING STARS COMPETITION

A NBA player, a retired player and a WNBA player compete together in a shoot competiton, while repping their city.

-Sunday-

NBA ALL-STAR GAME

The weekends final event lets NBA's best of the best compete in a game - East vs. West.

Full roster here

photo via News Daily Brief

Even if you're not basketball crazy, or aren't sure what a "dunk" really is - cozy up on this winter weekend and catch some ballers do their thing. Nothing like a bunch of ego's trying to show one another up! 

Want more? Click here for the weekends full schedule