Daily Links: The Police Blotter Says Guns, Booze, Wives and the NBA Don't Mix

Well, you always hate to start a new year/decade off on a sour note but I don't make the news, I just link to it:

• 2 pro baseball players arrested after Phoenix Suns game
  Two professional baseball players and another man were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after Wednesday's Phoenix Suns game at U.S. Airways Center following a brawl at an arena lounge, according to Phoenix police. The wife of an unnambed NBA player was involved.
• Arenas probe centers on locker-room standoff - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
  The league’s ongoing probe hopes to determine whether Arenas had accessed any of his unloaded firearms while engaged in the dispute prior to a team practice at the Verizon Center on Dec. 21 in Washington. Tensions between Arenas and Crittenton escalated because of a festering disagreement between the two players, sources said.
• Likelihood Of Changes In D.C. Growing - The Baseline - The Baseline - Sporting News

• NBA Development League: Energy at Red Claws
  Taylor G went 2-11 for 5 points and 3 rebounds in this Energy loss. Cartier Martin got a DNP after playing very well over the past few weeks.
• The Official Phoenix Suns Blog " Blog Archive " Above Average
• SUNS: Postgame Quotes: Suns vs Celtics - 12/30/2009
  "Taking the charge is definitely something I've incorporated into my game this year. Defensively just being there weak-side just trying to be a step ahead of the offense. Every year I just try to come up with something new and keep getting better."
• The Official Phoenix Suns Blog " Blog Archive " Suns Game of the Decade
  I'm going with this one: 2005 Conference Semifinals – Game 6 at Dallas Mavericks. Early in the Suns run this road win put the Suns on the map
• Some Suns Thoughts – JackCentral.com - Your online northern Arizona (and Flagstaff) news source
  December 31, 2009 - Greetings, 5MM fans. I know, you've been waiting for another post for a while now. At least that's what I've been telling myself. You never leave any comments,…
• Bickley: Sugar-free Nash lifts Suns to former heights
  Want to be like Steve Nash? Follow these simple instructions. And good luck.
• New Year's resolutions, Phoenix Suns edition| Valley of the Suns
  Like your average person with an urge to put down the nicotine or the motivation to start a new career, the Suns too need some goals for the upcoming year.
• Phoenix Suns getting more production from reserves
  The Suns bench is providing more depth this season than recent years.
• Former Badger Alando Tucker will have to earn a spot on Timberwolves' roster - TwinCities.com
  Tucker, Phoenix's first-round draft pick in 2007 from the University of Wisconsin, no longer figured in the Suns' plans this season, and Wolves coach Kurt Rambis was unsure when Tucker would play. But Rambis used Tucker's arrival to send a message to Wolves players, particularly the shooting guards, before Minnesota's 107-103 loss to Utah at Target Center. "I told our players that if he plays better than one of you, whoever is playing better is going to play," Rambis said. "It all depends on how well he performs in practice (as to) whether he supplants some of the people in front of him."
• Celtics’ Perkins is having technical difficulties - The Boston Globe
• Analysis of Celtics-Suns - Celtics Blog - Boston.com
• If the 2010 All-Star Game started today ... - Ball Don't Lie - NBA Blog - Yahoo! Sports
  

Yup. Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady. Great work, casual NBA fans!

• Nash continues to defy age, skeptics - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
  Suns guard Steve Nash is showing little sign of slowing down as he nears his 36th birthday. - National Basketball Association news
• Bargain Players Making Big Impact - Sean Deveney - The Baseline - Sporting News
  1. Channing Frye, Suns. Frye came to Phoenix on a two-year contract worth just $3.8 million, but he has become one of the best longe-range shooters in the league, averaging 12.4 points with a 3-point shooting percentage of 43.3.
• For NJ Nets center Brook Lopez, frustration after Thunder loss -- and during 2-29 season -- is only temporary | New Jersey Nets - - New Jersey Nets Basketball - NJ.com
  Because the Nets center left after that pounding against Oklahoma City at Izod Center that night, and somewhere along those 10 miles from East Rutherford to Edgewater, he misplaced his foul mood. "The fact is, when he gets home, you don’t see the losses affect him — honestly," said Chris Lopez, his brother, mentor, and housemate. "It’s not like he’s a kettle that’s about to blow. On the court, sometimes the frustration is evident. But it’s not a problem. He stays even-keeled. And I know there isn’t any repressed anger about it."