For a while now, I've been thinking the players would come to agreement if only Billy Hunter were not around, that if it went to a vote right now, we'd have 50-50 and a season.  Well, if Woj is correct over at Yahoo, that's exactly correct.  He just wrote the story that confirms everything I've been thinking:

Here's the link.

All right, players.  Forget asshat Billy Hunter and vote this thing in already.  Let's get to some basketball!