It's been a tough year for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Quite frankly, they're awful. And now, one of their former "greats" (I use that term loosely) is in trouble.

As strange as this sounds, Bay Area great Isaiah "J.R." Rider is in trouble again. He was arrested Sunday on outstanding warrants after Berkeley police responded to a report of a disturbance between a taxi driver and a passenger - the passenger being Rider, of course. They arrested him on a no-bail warrant issued by Oakland police for unlawful firearm possession and another warrant for grand theft.

I'm upset that I missed him getting arrested over the weekend just across the Bay in Berkeley, but so did pretty much everyone else. This is probably due to the fact that no one cares about J.R. anymore (likely) or the fact that he gets arrested so frequently that it isn't even news anymore (more likely).

Now you might be wondering why I'm bringing this up. Well, Rider is a reminder of how the good life athletes lead can be destroyed so quickly. Remember, he's still only 36, even though he last played in 2001. So let's take a look back at his illustrious rap sheet, a large portion of it courtesy of 10,000 Takes.

• Arrested for felony cocaine possession.
• Charged with kidnapping (Rider allegedly had an argument with the female acquaintance, and then drove off with her in his Mercedes against her will) and battery of a female acquaintance. Wound up pleading to false imprisonment and battery.
• Charged with misdemeanor battery against a girlfriend.
• Allegedly threatened to have a reporter killed, while with the Trail Blazers.
• Suspended for going into the stands during a game with the Golden State Warriors.
• After getting traded to Atlanta, Rider was late to his first day of camp.
• Convicted of marijuana possession and later pleaded no contest to possessing unregistered cellular phones.
• Spent two days in jail for failing to perform court-ordered community service for an assault when he was charged with kicking a woman in the back after a disagreement at an autograph signing.
• Racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and suspensions in his NBA career. Rider's offenses ranged from being tardy to practice to spitting at fans and airport personnel to crimes of assault and marijuana possession.
• Convicted of assault for kicking a female sports-bar manager at the Mall of America. He was later jailed for four days after violating his probation.
• Showed up late to his first practice with the Timberwolves.

My personal favorite is Rider threatening the Blazers reporter. Although repeatedly showing up late for your first practice with a team is excellent as well. I also seem to remember an old SI story where Rider apparently got in trouble shooting dice on an Oakland street corner.

What's sad though is that Rider had it all. He was a fairly good pro who could have had a much longer career, but instead continually threw it all away despite getting multiple chances - primarily because he was a talented individual.

He isn't the first athlete to do this, and unfortunately, he won't be the last.

But just so we can remember the good old days, here's Rider's classic East Bay Funk Dunk from the 1994 Dunk Contest.