From Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: “Perhaps I’m getting desperate for basketball and pessimistic about labor negotiations, but I don’t think that’s it. With the very real chance that the NBA will remain AWOL (my latest prediction is for a Christmas Day opener) the idea of John Lucas’ series of games sounds pretty good to me. Chronicle sports editor Brad Lehman said it would be like seeing a rock legend back when he played the clubs, which sounds about right with Blake Griffin to bend rim and Kevin Durant…”