1.   As a result, the players petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for an election to decertify the union.

2.   At the core of that protest was a move to decertify the union.

3.   A team of retired National Basketball Association stars lashed out Thursday at the agents who represent a select group of players attempting to decertify their union.

4.   But the players are prepared to decertify the union.

5.   Decertify the union?

6.   Eric Murdock of Milwaukee said he voted to decertify the union, but the other five players who voted in Newark did not disclose their votes.

7.   Fox said the Celtics were much more unified in their anti-Gourdine sentiment than they were last summer, when they voted not to decertify the union.

8.   If the union is decertified, a new one could be formed.

9.   If the players, however, vote to decertify the union, any agreement the two sides reach will go down the drain with it.

10.   If the union is decertified, the current lockout would be illegal and National Basketball Association team owners would be vulnerable to lawsuits if they imposed a salary cap.