So they sent Smith to the Blazers for Rider and Jim Jackson, another talent who had not quite reached his potential. The Hawks had finished fourth in the Eastern Conference in the lockout-shortened season, and thought Rider was the final piece in the puzzle. In the 1998–99 season, Rider averaged 13.9 points per game and led the team in scoring 13 times.įollowing the 1998–99 season, Rider was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in a trade that sent Steve Smith to the Blazers. Rider tallied a season-high 38 points (15-25 FG), along with 5 rebounds and 4 assists, against the Toronto Raptors on February 1, 1998. In the 1997–98 season, Rider led the Blazers in scoring (19.7 points per game, 15th in the NBA) and three-pointers made (135, 8th) and attempted (420). Three weeks later, he was arrested for gambling in public back in Oakland. He was later convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession, and pleaded no contest to possessing the illegal cell phone. At the time of his arrest he also had an illegal cell phone it had been altered to charge calls to someone else's bill. Just before the trade Rider was arrested for marijuana possession. By 1996, Minnesota finally lost patience with Rider and dealt him to Portland in return for Bill Curley, James Robinson and a conditional first round draft pick in 1997 or 1998.
He was found to be insubordinate towards Timberwolves management, and was involved in an incident in which he kicked the female manager of a sports bar for which he ultimately was convicted of fifth-degree assault. He also began a pattern of off-court misbehavior. While Rider averaged 19 points per game in his three years with the Timberwolves, his play slipped after his rookie season. Losing control of the ball with it nearly going out of bounds, Rider reached out and threw the ball over his shoulder to keep it in play, and the ball went through the hoop as a three-point basket, a play that one announcer exclaimed as the "Play of the decade." Rider also became famous for a miraculous shot made in a game on December 22, 1994, against the Sacramento Kings. He won the 1994 NBA Slam Dunk Contest (he brashly predicted that he would win on draft day ) with a dunk that he called "The East Bay Funk Dunk." Rider started his NBA career strong, finishing the 1993–94 season as a member of the NBA's All-Rookie First Team. Rider was chosen with the 5th overall pick of the 1993 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Professional career Minnesota Timberwolves (1993–1996) Without their star player on the court, the Runnin' Rebels were knocked out of the NIT in the 1st round 90-73 to Southern California. The Rebels did earn a spot in the National Invitation Tournament, but Rider was suspended for the NIT due to academic issues surrounding allegations that he had someone cheating for him on some of his college classwork. UNLV finished 21-8 (13-5 in Big West Conference), lost the regular season conference title to New Mexico State and failed to make the NCAA's 64-team Tournament field. In exchange, the Rebels were barred from postseason play and national television for the 1991–92 season.) He finally got the nation's eyes to watch him in his senior year, where he averaged 29.1 points per game (2nd in the country behind University of Texas-Pan American's Greg Guy), was named the Big West Conference Player of the Year and garnered 2nd-Team All-American honors. (In a " plea bargain" of sorts, UNLV was allowed to defend its NCAA title the previous year – they lost to Duke in the Final Four. Rider attended two junior colleges, Allen County Community College in Iola, Kansas, where he averaged just over 30 points per game and Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California (33 points per game), before finding a home at UNLV.ĭuring the 1991–1992 season, Rider led the Runnin' Rebels to a 26-2 record (18-0 in conference) and a number 7 ranking in the final Associated Press regular season poll while averaging over 21 points per game, but wasn't seen on national television because UNLV was serving an NCAA-imposed punishment that stemmed from previous infractions. The 6'5" (1.96 m) Rider was a prep star at Encinal High School in Alameda, California (just outside Oakland) and was one of the top rated players in the state. He starred in both baseball and basketball at Encinal High School before going on to a college career with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( UNLV), and a professional career in the National Basketball Association. Rider was born in Oakland, California, and was raised in nearby Alameda.
(born March 12, 1971), is an American former professional basketball player who played 9 seasons in the NBA. Consensus second-team All-American ( 1993).American basketball player Isaiah Rider Personal information
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