Former NBA Player Isaiah Rider Arrested

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MARIN, Calif. (AP) - Troubled former NBA player Isaiah Rider was arrested by Marin County sheriff's deputies Thursday on charges of kidnapping a female acquaintance, authorities said.

Rider, 34, was being held on $2 million bail at Marin County Jail on charges of kidnapping and battery, said Sgt. Bruce Baker of the Marin County Sheriff's office. Rider, who also faces an outstanding warrant for resisting arrest in Alameda County, was scheduled to be arraigned on Friday.

Rider allegedly got into an argument Wednesday night with the unidentified female acquaintance and drove off with her against her will, Baker said. The woman began to scream, attracting the attention of police. Authorities tracked Rider down early Thursday morning and arrested him, Baker said. The woman was not injured.

Rider racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and suspensions in his NBA career, which ended in 2001. His offenses ranged from being tardy to practice to spitting at fans and airport personnel to crimes of assault and marijuana possession.

He spent two days in jail for failing to perform court-ordered community service for a 1994 assault charge - kicking a woman in the back after a disagreement at an autograph signing.

In May 1997 he was convicted of marijuana possession and later pleaded no contest to possessing unregistered cellular phones.

Rider was the fifth overall pick by Minnesota in the 1993 NBA draft and spent three seasons with the Timberwolves, winning the slam dunk championship his rookie season.

He was then traded to Portland in 1996 and spent three seasons with the Trail Blazers. He was suspended for a total of 12 games during his time in Portland, including three by the NBA in 1997 for spitting at a fan in Detroit.

After getting traded to Atlanta for Steve Smith on Aug. 2, 1999, Rider was late to his first day of camp, and never could get along with coach Lenny Wilkens. He was released in March 2000 after refusing to accept a three-game suspension for being late to a game.


He spent the 2000-01 season with the Los Angeles Lakers and was suspended five games that season for violating the league's anti-drug program.


He joined Denver the next season and was waived in November 2001 after playing just 10 games with the Nuggets. Rider never played again in the NBA.


Rider averaged 16.8 points per game in his career.
 

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Not a surprise at all.

I am a little surprised it took this long though.
 

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Trouble seems to follow JR Rider where very he goes, maybe he will change after been in Jail for a while.
 

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Not all UNLV players are thugs Journey. Matrix is having an all-star year and is an asset to the community. Rider came here from a JC just to get marketed for the pros. People said he stopped going to classes after the hoops season ended.

Not that it is justified, but come on this sort of thing happens every night in every major city. Guy gets pissed off and takes someone for a drive. Not that he should get away with it, but just saying sure there are thousands of men a year guilty of this crime.
 

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Remember he had to leave UNLV. He turned in a term paper with his name spelled wrong and an investigation was launched. The normal way to spell the name is Isaiah but JR spells it Isiah and the person who wrote his paper spelled it the correct way. :icon_conf
 

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Mason said:
Remember he had to leave UNLV. He turned in a term paper with his name spelled wrong and an investigation was launched. The normal way to spell the name is Isaiah but JR spells it Isiah and the person who wrote his paper spelled it the correct way. :icon_conf
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That Bastard Was Running Out The Clock In A Game Then Sprinted To The Rim And Dunked The Ball To Beat The Spread Against Me I Hope He Gets Something Shoved Up His Ass In Jail

Fuk U Rider.
 

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hate to sound too morbid here - but i put it at pretty good odds either Rider and/or Clarett will be dead within 10 years

these guys are just walking trouble situations
 

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Rider was busted in Marin City. Figures..........
 

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