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PISTON PLAYER REP SOUNDS OMINOUS WARNING ON DECERTIFICATION
Published April 9, 1998
Pistons Player Rep Jerome Williams said that during the
NBA's last lockout in '95, the players "didn't have a chance
to set up the decertification process," according to Chris
McCosky of the DETROIT NEWS. But McCosky writes that NBPA
Exec Dir Billy Hunter "already has met with 17 teams and 15
of them have agreed to decertify if the owners lock them out
this summer." The Pistons have yet to vote. Williams: "If
they lock us out, we will already have a lawsuit in place to
decertify. Then everybody will be a free agent. No union,
no lockout, no draft, no salary cap" (DETROIT NEWS, 4/9).
