The NBA is a private club, and it can discipline Sterling all it wants. ...Heh.What happened to him may have been illegal ...
No inconsistency in those two statements. The NBA had the legal right to do what it did. Whoever taped Sterling and/or released the tapes may have violated California eavesdropping statutes.
Just remember “You can’t yell FIRE in a crowded theater” and you shouldn’t dis your whore in your kitchen.
Those two statements are not in conflict with each other.
I wonder if Sterling can sue Silver and the NBA for using the girfriend’s illegal actions as a basis for discipline.