According to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski, Billy Hunter is "engaged in a smear campaign to frame (Derek) Fisher as a sellout to the league."

The report says Hunter wants to be known as the last person on the players' side that is willing to go to 50-50 to get a deal done with the owners.

“Right now, everyone has to choose sides: Billy or Derek,” one player involved in the labor process told Yahoo! Sports. “How the [expletive] did it come to this?”

Hunter walked out of negotiations on Friday by refusing to drop below 52 percent for the players' share of BRI.

“Billy can’t just say it’s 52 or nothing, and walk out again,” one league source involved the talks told Yahoo! Sports. “That will not happen again. It’s time that the players get to make a decision on this, and there won’t be another check lost before they do.”