If so, you were still conflating two different concepts.
I have no idea what you just said but, it seems argumentative.
You cannot use, possess, trade or sell something you are not lawfully entitled to, for any reason.
Federal law, state law, telecom law, and all kinds of other laws.
In California, you may not, record someone without expressed and explicit consent from both parties and anyone in possession of an unlawfully obtained recording is just as much barred by law, even if the NBA contract said “We can use any means, as a reason or excuse, to deprive you of your property”.