I don't think it's smart - or fair - for the forums to start making assumptions either way. Last week this time the vocal minority thought the season was lost and 2K devs didn't know what they were doing in going from 2K11 to 2K12. Now people seem to be throwing out expectations that 2K somehow accounted for every eventuality and it's a simple matter to patch whatever the NBA settles on for a condensed schedule. And setting a hard date for an updated schedule.
Imo it's over-simplifying what could be a complicated issue. If 2K can do it they deserve all the credit in the world. But I don't think people should assume the game is so modular that they can conform/contort it in any way they desire w/o opening the core game to possible issues.