Newspapers brought accusations of nepotism and criticized John's mediocre play.

In the story he did, however, criticize the team's poor play.

Grudgingly, even opponents who once criticized the Knicks' physical defensive play have payed them respect.

You can criticize my play as far as basketball is concerned.

On the bench, Bryant's teammates openly criticized his selfish play.

Hutson criticized the freshman's play in a January loss to Ohio State and Randolph responded with a strong game.

His coach criticized Coffey's play but said "healthwise, he is fine."

After that loss to Michigan State, he criticized his point guard's play and suggested Kelley might be too concerned with owning the school record for steals.

Krzyzewski had criticized Duhon's play the day before the game.

It happened following practice, after the defensive coordinator, Ralph Hawkins, had made several comments criticizing McMillan's play.