Smits Treated, Released After Being Thrown From All-Terrain Vehicle

Indiana Pacers center Rik Smits was released from a hospital Wednesday after being treated for injuries suffered when he was thrown from an all-terrain vehicle.

The 7-foot-4 Smits suffered a concussion in the accident, which occurred Tuesday on his property at Walton, N.Y.

Smits underwent a CAT scan, which was negative, and was discharged.

Smits, 28, was driving when he hit an object in the trail and was thrown over the handlebars of his ATV. He was wearing a helmet.

Don Chaney, fired as head coach by the Detroit Pistons at the end of the season, was hired as an assistant to new New York Knicks coach Don Nelson.

Chaney, 49, has been the head coach of three NBA teams and was named the league’s coach of the year in 1991, when he led the Houston Rockets to a 52-30 record.Chaney served as an assistant to Nelson in Toronto on the 1994 world championship team.

Attorneys for Minnesota Timberwolves guard Isaiah Rider said they will try to get him into an anger-management counseling program before his Aug. 23 court hearing.

A warrant for his arrest was rescinded Monday on the condition he show up for the court hearing in Minneapolis.

Rider’s appearance, however, might not keep him from serving a jail sentence for violating terms of his probation for a fifth-degree assault conviction last September.