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Conklin reported ( again)

Let off the severe one, gets a week for the lesser one. Rationale is????

agree Conklin is a strong hardball player who we all respect

Both of his recent acts have been reckless to say the least, I have nothing against him personally, however it is extremely concerning that these acts are perceived not being dealt with appropriately in an effort to reduce their frequency...

I believe both incidents weren't intentional but something needs to be done whether it's a reckless play warning and/or fine or mobjustice in Perth.

Every other player in the NBL can go several rounds/seasons without breaking a jaw or causing a concussion let alone being involved in two similar incidents within a couple of weeks.

"Even players on the court didn't remonstrate with either incident, that's the true barometer if it's a dirty play."

I don't agree with that at all.

I still don't believe that Damo was hit intentionally. However, IMO the main reason there wasn't remonstrating by his teammates after that hit is because that's not even where they were looking. When I watched it live, that's not where my eyes were either. It was in my peripheral vision, because I was focussed on Conklin & Hire. I had to rewind to get a proper look at it.

There would have been very little difference in action or timing had Conklin done it intentionally, but the eyes still likely would not have been on Damo as he flew past in the other direction.

The major point of one of Boti's post-incident blogs was a similar claim. That the Wildcats all thought it was an accident because of how they reacted.
No.
That's terrible "logic".


Very similar scenario for the Creek hit. Most eyes would not have been in the direction of Creek. The crowd missed it. The commentators missed it. Is it so weird that the players missed it too? They didn't get a slo-mo replay.

He's been reported for 'striking with elbow' according to Liam Santamaria on Twitter.

$50 say they find that the contact was made with a part of the arm other than the elbow and use that as an excuse to let him off.

Jawai's been charged with just plain striking, both have been charged with unsportsmanlike behaviour.

They've already found that the first one wasn't reckless, though.

Yeah, the more I look at that the more it looks intentional. As did the first one. There's no other reason for his arms to move the way they did in either case.

Is he aiming for the head? Probably not, in both cases. But he's aiming to make contact.

Here's the incident, along with the uncensored halftime interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaby6lryByE

NBL needs flagrants introduced for this stuff. Way above an unsportsmanlike foul to elbow someone and smash their jaw into bits. Flagrant 2, auto suspension/ fine, the tribunal works out how many games

Next time , someone will even up and give him one back