Rider’s Suspension Lifted by the Hawks
ATLANTA — Isaiah Rider’s suspension is over after one game and he is expected to return to the Atlanta Hawks for their game Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Whether Rider--averaging 23.0 points per game, 10th in the NBA--starts at Milwaukee “is strictly a coaching decision,” team spokesman Arthur Triche said Friday. “Nothing has been determined.”
Rider was suspended indefinitely Thursday after he missed a team flight and a shoot-around before an overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons.
He showed up about an hour before the game and was involved in a players-only meeting in the Hawks’ locker room. The Hawks said Rider hadn’t contacted the team all day.
“There would not have been any suspension had he shown up for the shoot-around,” General Manager Pete Babcock said Friday.
Babcock said he promised the other players that if Rider apologized to the team, the suspension would last only one game.
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