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A 17-year career devoted to setting up others is suddenly, and tactically, going to earn a measure of payback with the help of a young, ultra-quick penetrator (and really two with Barea's recent stellar play at the point) still learning how it's done? "Roddy and those guys found me in my new position," Kidd said. "I wanted to get the ball to Roddy to get him comfortable. The more he has the ball the sooner he can maybe get more minutes and get him a little bit more comfortable. I'm not going to beat him down the court, so get him going towards the basket and trail and spot up and stretch the defense. "If I can do what I did tonight, hopefully that just makes it easier for him to get to the basket and then also for others guys to do what they do best. You see J.J. finding guys. It just makes the game so much fun and easy for everybody." ESPN.com

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The Mavs are searching for a third team to help them, with Roddy Beaubois, who has just returned from injury, as bait. But a source with knowledge of the Mavericks' thinking said he'd "be shocked if [Carmelo] came" to Dallas, but did say Cuban is unpredictable. But Beaubois, the source said, has been deemed untouchable. Newsday

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After a second consecutive successful practice day, Roddy Beaubois will be active and playing Wednesday night against Sacramento, coach Rick Carlisle said today, assuming nothing crazy happens between now and then. “He did OK and I expect him at this point to be active tomorrow night,’’ Carlisle said after the practice. “I don’t know how many minutes he’ll play. But I expect him to be active.’’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Dallas Mavericks, Rodrigue Beaubois, Injuries 

The Dallas Mavericks medical staff has cleared Rodrigue Beaubois for full practice, full contact and yes ... whenever coach Rick Carlisle deems is appropriate ... full game action. The second-year guard is in Houston tonight with the team as it preps for a meeting with the Rockets. ... Beaubois' time is coming after having been involved in some limited team practice work -- and of course, five months of starts and stops while rehabbing the fractured left foot he sustained in August. Scout.com

Dallas Mavericks, Rodrigue Beaubois, Injuries 

Beaubois showed some promise during his rookie season last year, when he averaged 7.1 points and shot .518 percent from the field and .409 percent from 3-point range in just 12.5 minutes per game. "Roddy looked good. Roddy is about as quick as ever," guard Jason Terry said. "That's the thing that [separates] him from other guards in this league is his speed and quickness. "Add to the fact that he can shoot the ball with the best of them, he's going to be a force, he's going to be a presence for us. We know he's going to be successful." Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Josh Howard was talking privately with ex-mate Roddy Beaubois and preparing to board the post-game bus when I butted in. “Sure, I know you,’’ J-Ho said with a smile – and maybe with an acknowledgement of his most infamous DB.com moment: ‘You can’t control what the ball do, man!’ Whatever his motivation, the Mav-turned-Wiz was engaging in our exclusive visit and praised Dallas as ‘still my town.’ Scout.com

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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has a message for the Charlotte Bobcats or any other team with designs on prying Roddy Beaubois from Dallas in a deadline trade: The kid isn't available. "With a few exceptions," Cuban said prior to Saturday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks. ESPN.com

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How are you? When will you be back (to play)? Rodrigue Beaubois: I’m doing better. I still don’t know when I'll return, but if everything goes like it appears, I should be able to return (to play) next month. Beyond that, I'm not sure if it will be the beginning, middle or end of the month. Scout.com

Dallas Mavericks, Rodrigue Beaubois, Injuries 

When you hurt yourself with the French team last summer, the talk was that you were a month or a month and a half away (from returning to play). Now it’s January and you still aren’t playing. Was there a misdiagnosis? Rodrigue Beaubois: The French team told me a month and a half. Dallas then made me aware that this type of injury typically requires two to three months (before playing again). Eventually it was healed, and we no longer saw any injury on the MRI. But after doing some exercise, a small crack showed up. The second injury is taking longer to heal so it's annoying, but that's life. Scout.com

Dallas Mavericks, Rodrigue Beaubois, Injuries 

Mark Cuban declined to confirm Rodrigue Beaubois' statement to the French Web site BasketNews that a small crack reappeared in his foot in October. "It doesn't matter. So what?" Cuban said. "There was probably an error in translation in there somewhere." ESPN.com

Dallas Mavericks, Rodrigue Beaubois, Mark Cuban, Injuries 

Cuban maintains that he's confident Beaubois will get significant playing time before the Feb. 24 trade deadline. That's important because Cuban wants a good look at his full team before seriously consider any blockbuster deals. Beaubois still hasn't participated in a full practice or any scrimmage work. He has had some contact work during drills, according to Cuban. "We're increasing his workload every day," Cuban said. "That's a huge positive." ESPN.com

Dallas Mavericks, Rodrigue Beaubois, Mark Cuban, Injuries 

Is it frustrating to see that Rodrigue Beaubois can not play for you? Mark Cuban: To begin, I think the international basketball is a joke. If I had enough time, I get up the funds and will contract with all national teams. I would say: “Rather than playing your international competitions, we will establish a firm where you’ll shareholders. And rather than give $ 2 billion Olympic Committee, we will share this money with you. “We would sell the rights that we have TVs and General Electric (GE, a company which owns NBC, which holds the broadcast rights for the Olympics Games) would not keep all the money. Because at the moment GE spends a lot of money for the rights TVs on the Olympics, and it goes into the pockets of the various Olympic committees. But basketball is one of the events that attracts the most viewers, so GE is a max money. Yet we spend much money on these players and give the OJ free. “Hey, take our best players and use them to give you a max of money!” So rather than give our players the U.S. Olympic Committee and GE for them to make money, I would create NBA International Basketball Tournament. National Federations are shareholders and we have a system that would allow the entire NBA to make money, and all our players could play without problem. hoopsnotes.com

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Similar confusion exists regarding the lengthy absence of Mavs speedster Roddy Beaubois, who still has not returned six months after surgery to repair a broken left foot that occurred in August. The Mavs have been equally vague about Beaubois' recovery timetable, refusing to say whether Beaubois reinjured the foot during his initial rehab attempts. The second-year guard still is said to be weeks away from being available. CBSSports.com

Dallas Mavericks, Rodrigue Beaubois, Injuries 

There is a much-circulated report insisting that the Mavs’ “most-likely-to-be-traded player’’ is Rodrigue Beaubois. This is more than just fictional; it’s nonsensical because the No. 1 trade chip in Dallas’ portfolio is and was Caron Butler and his $10.8-million expiring contract. An NBA source tells DallasBasketball.com that Butler’s season-ending knee injury has essentially “halved’’ his value as a trade. Before, the two-time All-Star was desirable as both an on-court asset and as a summer-expiring contract. FOXSports SouthWest

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Don't look for Dallas Mavericks guard Roddy Beaubois on the court any time soon. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said he's looking forward to Beaubois getting fully healing from his broken left foot before he can even begin to think about putting him on the court. As far as the timetable for Beaubois' return? "There’s no timetable,'' Carlisle said after Friday's practice. "We’re going to be very cautious about this and we’re going to be conservative with it, and when there’s time to report something, we’ll let everybody know.'' Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Beaubois' biggest fan in the organization happens to be Cuban. So it should be noted that Cuban giving up on Beaubois for a Melo rental can not be regarded as an automatic surrender without some background work first. ESPN.com

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Despite all the above, it seems to me the Mavs still need a more reliable guard to supplement Kidd and Terry -- better than the Jose Barea-DeShawn Stevenson combo. Cuban, Carlisle and general manager Donnie Nelson think it'll be Rodrigue Beaubois. Maybe it will. But I wouldn't count on it this season. They got all excited last year because he was good in come-from behind situations where he just went all out Kamikaze style. Roddy has some great speed and should have a bright future, but missing camp and the early season is a bigger problem for a second-year player who has yet to establish himself than they figure. Should the Mavs obtain a really good third guard, or utilize Caron Butler as one when he's not at small forward, they'll be as good as anyone in the league. Oh, yeah, coincidentally, Chandler is on the last year of his contract. New York Post

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John Schuhmann: Cuban calls Beaubois assignment to D-League "a marketing support move for the Legends." Twitter

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While the Mavs remain officially non-committal about the recovery and return of the injured Roddy Beaubois, DallasBasketball.com has been told that the promising guard is “about three or four weeks’’ from playing. Coach Rick Carlisle is not among the Mavs bosses who is willing to address the issue; he’s concerning himself with the players he does have at his disposal. The electric second-year player hasn’t been one of those all this season since breaking a bone in his left foot and undergoing surgery on Aug. 16. The original prognosis was “two or three months’’ of recovery … meaning all of this is a source of frustration to Beaubois, if not to the Mavs “Good things come to those who wait,’’ as Mavs GM Donnie Nelson told us recently. Scout.com

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Rodrigue Beaubois is finally getting around without a walking boot for the first time in three months, but the Dallas Mavericks guard still won't return to the practice court for at least a few more weeks. Beaubois, who broke his foot in early August while training with the French national team for the FIBA World Championships, was cleared to ditch the boot after a routine exam by Mavericks team physician Dr. T.O. Souryal. "That's great for me. It's a big step," Beaubois said. "It's great to know it's getting better." ESPN.com

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