If you advance the video frame by frame you can see Artest over the top of Kobe w/ his left hand on head. Kobe was just jockeying for position and you’re allowed to do that. Kobe’s body position in the frame where Artest appears to fly backward doesn’t show an elbow throw. If someone throws an elbow their body naturally twists to the side of the swing. You can see clearly in both frames that Kobe is facing forward and just jockeying for position. Artest did a great job of acting. Kenny & CB should have done a better job of flushing out the facts not backing Artest. They’ve got better access to video footage than we do.