Even though his elbow was worse than obekpas, Gibbs took responsibility immediately whereas Chris did not. I'd say it's 50/50 whether he plays against us
This was not a moving elbow against a guy on the move! His team was down over 25 points, the game was over and he closed his fist and went for Arci's head while he was on the floor. Not even close to Obekpa's elbow. This was assault and battery. I see a 3 game suspension and Whitehead is happy now that he will be the man.
Getting drilled in the back of the head with a blatant elbow while facing the other way is not "assault and battery "?
Correct. Both players were "moving" in the same direction towards the basket. Obekpa's swing of his elbow was less potentially dangerous than striking an immobile victim on the floor. Gibbs first struck Arcidiacono then went for the ball. Try watching the video Paultzman posted.
From a technical standpoint had Gibbs connected with more force, it could have caused serious damage from the G force effect.
"The human body is flexible and deformable, particularly the softer tissues. A hard slap on the face may briefly impose hundreds of g locally but not produce any real damage; a constant 16 g for a minute, however, may be deadly. When vibration is experienced, relatively low peak g levels can be severely damaging if they are at the resonance frequency of organs and connective tissues."
I hope I have confounded you just a little. Besides, it is just as illogical as the conspiracy theory now being circulated by Pirate fans that Gibbs forearm was deflected by a Seton Hall player caused his fist to close and veer off the direction of where the ball was near Arci's groin.
