RIDER MISSES TEAM PLANE.Byline: Howard Beck Staff Writer NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - The Lakers didn't just leave their offense behind when they departed Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on Saturday morning. They left Isaiah Rider Isaiah Rider, Jr., sometimes known as J.R. Rider (born March 12, 1971 in Oakland, California) is an American former NBA basketball player, who played from 1993–2001. The 6'5" (1. , too. Rider missed the team's charter at LAX by mere minutes and had to catch a later commercial flight. He arrived in New York by Saturday evening. The Lakers' flight was scheduled to leave at 9 a.m. ``He was there at the breakfast we had this morning, that's all that's important to me,'' coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. said Sunday. Rider, whose tardy tar·dy adj. tar·di·er, tar·di·est 1. Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late. 2. Moving slowly; sluggish. arrivals have been a recurring problem, said he was fined ``a couple hundred'' dollars. Jackson said no other punishment was warranted. ``This happened to the best of players,'' Jackson said. ``It happened to Bill Bradley For other uses, see Bill Bradley (disambiguation) and William Bradley. William Warren "Bill" Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former U.S. , it happened to the best of players that I played with. But I just have a rule that's just hard and stringent. You get five minutes - if you're not there, we're gone.'' Of course, Rider has bigger problems. He is out of compliance with the league's drug after-care program and being fined daily, with the threat of a five-game suspension hanging over him. Rider said he planned to meet with NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= officials Sunday evening. Saturday's missed plane was the latest in a series of pratfalls by Rider since joining the Lakers. Among his many late arrivals, Rider missed a team bus to a game in San Antonio in November and arrived an hour late for a home game in December. But Rider had been a near-model citizen for most of January. Jackson was asked how well Rider was toeing the line. ``With J.R., as with a Dennis Rodman, that's not the issue,'' he said. ``The issue is about playing and being ready to play on the court. That's going to be part of their behavior. It's either going to be on the line, or at the line, or over the line. . . . That's the way he exists right now. But he's been on the other side of it all the time. ``But it tells me something about his willingness, his preparedness and his desire.'' Rider said he was five minutes late and dismissed the incident as ``no big deal. I got here and life goes on.'' Kobe Bryant said the incident, and Rider's trouble with the league, are not a concern. ``As long as he goes out there on the court and plays hard, which we all know he's going to do, we don't have any problem,'' Bryant said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ISAIAH RIDER The Lakers forward dismissed his tardiness Tardiness Dagwood comic strip character; chronically late at the office. [Comics: “Blondie” in Horn, 118] ten o’clock scholar schoolboy who habitually arrives late. [Nurs. as ``no big deal.'' |
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