Krstic Receives Silent Treatment For No-Show Act

[Shapecity]

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Lawrence Frank has never thrown a player under the bus in his coaching career. But last night, he went out of his way to suggest that, "We had five guys who really, really busted their tails -- Jason (Kidd), Vince (Carter), Richard (Jefferson), (Jason) Collins, and (Lamond) Murray. And Jacque (Vaughn) was in there."

The only player he omitted -- other than John Thomas, who had a mere six-minute cameo -- was Krstic.

The 22-year-old Serbian, who had a terrific season that seemed to peak during the first round against Indiana, was mostly a no-show in the Miami series. Krstic averaged only 10.8 points on 43.1 percent shooting and 6.4 rebounds, and in the end, was as confused as he looked on the court.

"I feel very bad," he said. "It's a very tough loss. I feel very bad. What can I say? To play like I played in a big game like this? I played, most of the time, bad in this series. I don't know the reason. I couldn't get a rhythm."

Frank told his team after the game that the loss in this series was his fault, starting with the final play of Game 5 and working backward.

"He works extremely hard and he puts us in a position to be successful," Kidd said. "He felt he let the team down. (But) he put us in position to win and we weren't able to get it done."

Carter flashed a dismissive facial expression when told of Frank's remarks, then replied: "He's the coach and he's going to take the heat for his team. But we're the players, we take responsibility for when we win and we lose. It was a phenomenal series, we just felt short.

"But as far as (this being) his fault, no. We have to make shots and make decisions and compete, and make smart decisions. And at times we didn't do that. It caused us to lose two games at home." </div>

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I have to agree with Frank, Kristic was terrible last night. Jason Kidd set him up in stride several times, but instead of continuing down the lane, Kristic came to a complete stop and gave up the ball.

He also gave up some big offensive rebounds to Udonis Haslem on defense because he closed his eyes inside the paint.

 

[Stephen Jackson]

hhaah silent treatment? poor guy
Yeah kristic Wasnt sharp in this series avg just 10.7 ppg. I mean this guy killed my pacers in the first round and hit 90% in open shots. I guess He just had a bad series.

 

[Next Level Game]

Krstic takes criticism well and I expect him to bounce back into full swing for his third year. No more excuses. He has 13 playoff games under his belt, more than enough to understand how it works. Not to mention three great stars.

 

[NJNetz]

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting nextlevelgame:</div><div class="quote_post">Krstic takes criticism well and I expect him to bounce back into full swing for his third year. No more excuses. He has 13 playoff games under his belt, more than enough to understand how it works. Not to mention three great stars.</div>


Well said. The thing that disappointed me about Krstic, it's that he let Haslem get too many rebounds. Krstic didn't fight for them and that gave the Heat, more opportunities to score.

 

[Legacy]

Haslem is a great defender and does'nt get enough credit for his defense.

 

[Next Level Game]

Haslem is solid, but no way should a barely 6'8" player stop a 7 footer on offense. That's just downright sad. Krstic needs to beef up this summer and work on making his post moves more fluid. He needs to take his time too, everytime Wade came with the double team he threw up a bad hook or caused a turnover. He needs to take his time and don't rush things. He has to realize when his jumper isn't falling just go to the basket and things will happen; he's a rather mobile 7 footer and he has three guys willing to pass it to him. But, he's progressed so much this season that I can only imagine he'll get better for next year. I just hope to see some muscle on him.