Today, Monday November 14, 2011, NBA players rejected the league's latest offer and began disbanding the union, likely jeopardizing the season. "We're prepared to file this antitrust action against the NBA," union executive director Billy Hunter said of the union's potential legal strategy. "That's the best situation where players can get their due process."
"We understand the consequences of potentially missing the season; we understand the consequences that players could potentially face if things don't go our way, but it's a risk worth taking," union vice president Maurice Evans said. "It's the right move to do." But it's risky. The league already has filed a pre-emptive lawsuit seeking to prove the lockout is legal. And it contends that without the union that collectively bargained them, the players' guaranteed contracts could legally be voided.
"This is the best decision for the players," union president Derek Fisher said. "I want to reiterate that point, that a lot of individual players have a lot of things personally at stake in terms of their careers and where they stand. And right now they feel it's important -- we all feel it's important to all our players, not just the ones in this room, but our entire group -- that we not only try to get a deal done for today but for the body of NBA players that will come into this league over the next decade and beyond."
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