Just ran into that blank schedule problem in the 2nd season. My player won the slam dunk contest (got a billboard in my city for winning). I hit the play next game option and it simmed to the end of the season.

Luckily for me my Bobcats were in 5th place in the East at all-star break, so I'm in the playoffs.
First round was against the bulls. Dropped 80 pts with my player in game 7 to beat the bulls. The goat himself

congratulated me on twitter, saying he didn't think anyone could score that much in the playoffs. nikka just mad cause I broke his record...then again, I do play for his team, and it was against his former team...nah he
Oh and I finally got my own sneaker, made it a +5 in blocking.