Once, accident.
Second, some benefit of the doubt.
3 times, guy should be banned for quite some time.
It's been like 6 months and he's injured 3 players by throwing elbows. Bloke doesn't belong on a basketball court.

It's not like the 3 incidents have been "just contact" , there's been 2 concussions and one broken jaw. You have to start putting the safety of the players in your league first. This guy deserves a lengthy ban to either retrain his elbow movements or get an attitude adjustment.

http://youtu.be/sjJzHs1Q6Es
There you go :P

Elbow a Wildcat: "It was an accident and Gleeson is a Flog"
Elbow somebody else: "Guy should be banned for life."

Probably sounds like a stupid question, but could FIBA ban Conklin from playing professional basketball for a certain amount of time? (e.g a month)

I don't think they will or should, but if it continues, is something like that possible?

Train, in that vision Conklin clearly slipped on the flooring, no way was that intentional.

It was on court, someone got it on video.

https://twitter.com/LaGuerradelBSN/status/711218319420989440

Yep. Totally deliberate. An unnatural act/non-basketball act.

If you're trying to create space you push away slightly but you don't swing arms and you certainly don't swing them high like Conklin did.

While I do feel sad for him, once was a player, but has now digressed into an on court thug.

He plays recklessly and seems to have lost his ability to dominate, so relies on brute force and strength.

While strong players are not a problem, those who are reckless are, therefore IMHO he should no be playing this game...

At all!

Not quite just a thug, he's having a good season in PR, averaging 16 & 7 and had 29 & 9 a couple of weeks ago.

Is that 29 points and 9 elbows ? Or the other way around ;)

Clearly Balkman is playing physical and trying to hold Conk a bit. Tough shit if he cops an elbow. None of you would watch basketball even 10 years ago with the way you're carrying on lol

No, and that's the joke of it.
As I said right back at the start, the guy has developed a habit of throwing his arms, and its careless & reckless.
Everyone defended him, because, lets be honest, he hit a Wildcat, and the haters couldn't wait to excuse him.
Now those same people are calling for FIBA to step in and ban him?!?!?
It's the same problem. There was nothing malicious in the Damo hit, there was nothing malicious in this one. He needs to curb his frustration or whatever is causing it, and find some way to train himself out of the arm waiving. It should have been dealt with properly the first time, but it wasn't and the NBL got egg on their face, and probably pushed TVL to dump him.
Nothing's changed, still needs to be addressed.

There was an Aussie Hoopla article labelling him a careless jerk a few months ago, and many in the basketball community denounced it and it's writer.

Funny how true it all rings now, after 3 more assaults and a bunch of injured basketball players.

The guy is a jerk.

Nice comment by you Hurley. Though you said you were never posting here agin?

Another angle

https://www.quepalo.com/castigado-conklin-por-codazo-a-balkman-2671/

Everyone defended him, the first time, because, it was the first time it had happened.
You can give someone the benefit of the doubt on an isolated incident.
No one is defending him anymore because it's happened 2 more times. That takes if from being accidental to either intentional or grossly reckless.
People defending him the first time had absolutely nothing to do with what jersey the guy he hit was wearing, it had everything to do with the fact that it hadn't happened before, and appeared to be an accident.
All 3 of these incidents, taken in isolation, would get the same response. But coupled together and you can't excuse it.

Yo Dazz, Gleeson is a flog.

Piss funny that Conk helped the lad off the floor. What a joker.