Isaiah “J.R.” Rider’s time with the Atlanta Hawks was truly an era.
Rider played in 60 games and started 47 in the 1999-2000 season for the Hawks. He led the team in scoring, averaging 19.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
At one point, he was a top-five leader in scoring that season.
“I was killing the east coast,” Rider said in an interview with the “All The Smoke” podcast in April. “Killing the east coast. I had been on the west coast my entire career. I’m killing the east coast.