Suns star Dillon Brooks arrested in Phoenix on suspicion of DUI

Phoenix Suns guardant Dillon Brooks was arrested aboriginal Friday greeting successful Scottsdale connected suspicion of driving nether the influence.

Scottsdale constabulary told Fox News Digital that officers conducted a regular halt for postulation violations and arrested Brooks astatine 1:33 a.m. section time.

"Brooks was transported to the Scottsdale City jailhouse and released aft the booking process was complete, astir 3:30 a.m.," a constabulary spokesperson said.

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Dillon Brooks was arrested aboriginal Friday greeting connected suspicion of DUI successful Scottsdale. (Scottsdale Police Department)

"We are alert of the concern involving Dillon Brooks and are gathering much information.  We person nary further remark astatine this time," the Suns said successful a statement.

TMZ Sports was the archetypal to study Brooks' arrest.

Typically, a antiaircraft stalwart, Brooks was having possibly the champion play of his vocation until helium suffered a breached near manus past month.

He is averaging a career-best 20.9 points per crippled — his 44.0 tract extremity percent is besides the highest people of his career. His 3.7 rebounds per contention are a tick little than his precocious people past year.

Brooks was the 45th wide prime by the Memphis Grizzlies successful 2017 retired of Oregon and spent six seasons there. He past went to the Houston Rockets arsenic portion of a sign-and-trade but was traded to the Phoenix Suns successful the blockbuster Kevin Durant commercialized implicit the offseason.

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers posts up connected Dillon Brooks of the Phoenix Suns during the 2nd fractional astatine Mortgage Matchup Center connected Dec. 23, 2025, successful Phoenix, Arizona. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

Brooks has had an on-court feud with LeBron James dating backmost to the 2023 playoffs. After exchanging words during and aft Game 2 of their first-round series, Brooks deed James with a debased blow, which prompted an ejection.

The 2 besides got into aggregate skirmishes backmost successful December during a caller Lakers-Suns game, including James knocking down Brooks aft immoderate interaction from the NBA's all-time starring scorer.

As the crippled came down to the wire, Brooks deed a clutch 3-pointer to enactment the Suns up 1 constituent with 12.2 seconds left. James ran done him and knocked him down, but Brooks got backmost up and stuck his thorax retired to ever truthful mildly pat James.

A referee came implicit to halt the struggle from escalating further. Brooks was ejected from the game.

An authoritative comes betwixt LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Dillon Brooks of the Phoenix Suns during the 2nd fractional of a crippled astatine Mortgage Matchup Center connected Dec. 14, 2025, successful Phoenix, Arizona.  (Mike Christy/Getty Images)

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Brooks' Suns mislaid to the Chicago Bulls, 105-103, connected Thursday nighttime and volition big the New Orleans Pelicans connected Friday.

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