I wanted to give NBA teams a short grace period to regain their smoove before I started digging in, but there doesn't appear to be any forthcoming dissolution to the bad defense, worse offense, poor free throw shooting (as record-setting as it may be), early-season injuries, overblown forty-point Kobe Bryant performances, rampant thirty-point losses, or the New Jersey Nets, in general. At least the lockout hasn't had any lasting impact so far. Don't call it a comeback.