DENVER ? Isaiah (J.R.) Rider received a clean slate from the Denver Nuggets.

It took him all of one day to sully it.

So much for making the best of a fresh start.

The talented but trouble-prone shooting guard, whose reputation for tardiness and skipping practices and games seems to have carried over to Denver, missed the team's first training camp workout Tuesday after agreeing to sign with the club.

Suffice it to say it wasn't exactly the show of good faith his new team was looking for.