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NBPA counsel Ron Klempner has been made interim executive director. NBA players were informed in a memo circulated late this morning.
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The NBPA executive committee has placed executive director Billy Hunter on a leave of absence, source tells Y! Sports.
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Indefinite leave of absence is first step in a process to have Billy Hunter removed on a permanent basis as exec. director, sources tell Y!
Billy Hunter has been voted out as executivedirector of the NBA players union.
''This is our union and we have taken it back,'' players' association president Derek Fisher said.
LeBron James and Jerry Stackhouse were especially vocal during the meeting.
Hunter's attorneys said their client was told he wouldn't be welcomed. They said his contract was legal and indicated there could be a lawsuit if the players removed him and attempted to withhold the more than $10 million that remains on his salary.
''We do not doubt that this process will possibly continue in an ugly way,'' said Fisher,
