Wojnarowski on the Decertification option again: a much more inflammatory tone.
Back in the day, it was one super agent, David Falk, pushing for the union to decertify. Wojnarowski is now making it sound like agents in general are pushing Billy Hunter to go that way. Check the language from Woj's article: –––––––– Most of the agents see a union with no strategy, and NBA owners simply waiting until the players’ checks stop arriving in November so they can hammer the most one-sided collective bargaining agreement in history down the players’ throats. "Right now, it’s a respectful disagreement with [the agents] and Billy," an agent briefed on the meeting told Yahoo! Sports. "But it’s getting to a ‘[expletive]-you’ point. We will blow this thing up." .... Essentially, it’s come down to this: Hunter is still selling diplomacy, but the agents want to commence fighting. No one expects the league to seriously negotiate issues until they fear the courts could rule against them. The owners want what they want – hard cap, rollback on salaries and guaranteed profits – and they aren’t interested in compromises. The longer the union waits to decertify and file an antitrust suit, the less chance there is of getting a reasonable agreement and saving the season. .... Sooner than later, powerbrokers Arn Tellem, Mark Bartelstein, Bill Duffy, Andy Miller and others want a stronger, more direct hand in the fight. They can get the votes needed to decertify the union among their players, and do it with or without Hunter’s blessing....

