It was announced on Sept. 18 that rookie Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat was fined $50,000 by the NBA after acknowledging that he was involved in an incident involving teammate Mario Chalmers and Memphis' Arthur at the rookie transition program this month. Beasley's involvement in the incident wasn't made clear.

Chalmers and Arthur, former Kansas teammates, were fined $20,000 apiece after being found in a room at the resort where the event was taking place with two women -- which violated NBA policy for the event. Security at the resort said the scent of marijuana was detected, but no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found.

Arthur already is working with Dana Davis, Grizzlies director of player development, to arrange speaking engagements. He'll soon talk to a group of juvenile first offenders at a local YMCA, help open a reading and learning center at the Porter Boys and Girls Club and spend significant time with at-risk youths in several inner-city schools

"The thing I've learned is that you've always got to make the right decisions," Arthur said. "I'm young and starting off in a hole, so I'm going to try to dig myself out of this hole and make this thing right. I'm going to make sure I do the right thing. The rules are clear. Letting those girls come in my room was just a bad idea. It was bad judgment and I just have to learn from it."