Rider 45 min. too late to sign his own contract...

...not so important, but kind of funny (from ESPN).

Pat Riley acknowledges that he flew to California to try and convince
J.R. Rider to come play for the Heat. Riley tried to obtain Rider from the
Hawks last winter but the two teams could not make a deal that did not
have severe cap implications for Atlanta.

The odd thing here is that members of Riley's staff quietly got
an uncensored report from a well-placed member of the
Hawks' medical team and walked away convinced that the
marriage of Riley the martinet and Rider the slacker would
never work.

Here a few interesting notes on Rider's agreement with the Lakers. He
was 45 minutes late for his own contract signing and only one-third of his
$733,000 is guaranteed.