For the moment, this looks like more of piece of bad news for the French team than it does for the Dallas Mavericks, but the breaking story out of France is that Roddy Beaubois has just fractured a bone in his left foot.

    “It’s terrible for Rodrigue,’’ says French coach Vincent Collet.

     Just how terrible? We've gor more on the story at DallasBasketball.com ...

      Sometimes, a courtroom scene really does play out like they do it on TV. That was the case when the Nolan Ryan/Chuck Greenberg lawyer and the “counsel for the chief restructuring officer’’ exchanged pleasantries in the hallway during Wednesday’s marathon auction for the Rangers.

    “F--- you!’’ said one of the distinguished attorneys.

    “No, f--- you!’’ said the other gentleman.

    Turns out, Mom was right. I am eloquent enough to have been a lawyer!

     This process – ended in the wee hours Thursday with a Ryan/Greenberg winning bid of $593 million – seemed to invite the audience to pick sides. To identify a hero. To identify a villain.

      But don’t let the different-colored hats fool you: Nolan Ryan and foe Mark Cuban were in this fight for the exact same reasons. Allow me to do this in DallasBasketball.com style ... let's Thursday Morning Mavs Donuts this thing ... and cast "Texas Strangers: The Movie.''