Chris Paul then took the stage as the acting president of the players' union.
Fisher's downfall meant one thing: the labor and capital sides had lost the possibility of reaching a consensus in the short term.
At this point, the league had already canceled the regular games of November and December, and once the impact of the lockdown spread to the new year, even if a compromise with the labor side was reached and a temporary CBA agreement allowed the league to resume, it would still be a heavy loss for the owners.
Given this, both parties would head toward that deadly conclusion.
Moreover, led by the radical faction of Billy Hunter and with Chris Paul determined to follow a tough route, they had decided to dissolve the players' union and officially pursue legal proceedings.
On the evening of his 28th birthday, Yu Fei received news of the dissolution of the players' union.
He knew what the process would look like after this, and he knew that there would be no 2010-11 season.