Yes. He appears to be a scumbag.
Especially in light of what he did with his housing units years ago.
Did he do something illegal?
The NBA had evey right to do what they did.
I don't know. Maybe, contractually, they have the right. I haven't read the contracts he signed. Does that make it right? No. Not one bit. When we get to the point that private individuals having private conversations has become a litigious act, we have lost too much.
“Did he do something illegal?”
He lost some housing discrimination cases, and paid some big fines.