{"id":636719,"date":"2026-03-06T16:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/636719\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:44:14","slug":"phoenix-suns-forward-dillon-brooks-arrested-for-dui-in-scottsdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/636719\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks arrested for DUI in Scottsdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A Phoenix Suns star was taken to jail after being arrested in Scottsdale early Friday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dillon Brooks was arrested after a traffic stop around 1:30 a.m. near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/XzYYqABnkhXZwwwN7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/XzYYqABnkhXZwwwN7\">Thunderbird and Scottsdale roads<\/a> for allegedly driving under the influence, police confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Scottsdale officers took the 30-year-old to jail, where he was booked and later released. Possible charges will be determined by prosecutors. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Phoenix Suns star forward Dillon Brooks was arrested for DUI in Scottsdale overnight.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/353X77YUPJF2XDYGHJ4FZVCZYE.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Phoenix Suns star forward Dillon Brooks was arrested for DUI in Scottsdale overnight.(AZFamily | AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The forward has been out of the Suns\u2019 lineup since he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/02\/23\/suns-forward-dillon-brooks-out-4-6-weeks-with-broken-left-hand-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/02\/23\/suns-forward-dillon-brooks-out-4-6-weeks-with-broken-left-hand-report\/\">fractured his hand<\/a> in a Feb. 21 game against the Orlando Magic. Reports indicated that the team expected him to return in four to six weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Suns organization gave Arizona\u2019s Family the following statement about Brooks: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote | article-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"mb-2\">\u201cWe are aware of the situation involving Dillon Brooks and are gathering more information.  We have no further comment at this time.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Phoenix was one of the NBA\u2019s early-season surprise teams, but injuries have started to pile up since the All-Star break. Without Brooks and big man Mark Williams, the Suns struggled to gather any momentum in a 105-103 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is Brooks\u2019 first season with the Suns after previously playing for the Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is a developing story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KTVK\/KPHO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) \u2014 A Phoenix Suns star was taken to jail after being arrested in Scottsdale early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":636720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,7182,7190,271284,271287,1589,7183,271285,226021,24646,271286,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-636719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-azfamily","12":"tag-dillon-brooks","13":"tag-dillon-brooks-arrest","14":"tag-dillon-brooks-dui","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-phoenix-news","17":"tag-phoenix-suns-arrest","18":"tag-scottsdale-az","19":"tag-scottsdale-police","20":"tag-suns-arrest","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116183241154135522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}