Photo: Catherine Steenkeste Amadou Gallo Fall, pictured with Spurs general manager R.C. Buford, is heading up the NBA’s new office in Johannesburg. It’s not unusual in Africa to see kids wearing David Beckham jerseys, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a pick-up game or anything emblazoned with a Lakers or Bulls logo

Terez, I know man..I married into this craziness..

Eddie Joardn may be fast departing the Sixers bench. Sources indicated that Jordan could be fired before this season ends — if it becomes obvious he has lost the team — but more likely after the final game of this dismal season. One of these sources also characterized Comcast-Spectacor chairman Ed Snider as “up in arms” about Jordan’s coaching effort, with another source with intimate knowledge of the management’s thinking calling Jordan’s coaching “baffling.” An NBA source said Jordan’s philosophy, which is overloaded on the offensive side with his high-IQ “Princeton” offense, was a mistake at its inception

Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. Chris Bosh hit a 3-pointer with 9.5 seconds left to tie it for the Raptors, who outplayed the defending champions for most of the first three quarters before losing on…

Ron Artest broke out a crazy new hair style on Sunday against the Orlando Magic. He dyed his hair laker gold with the word the word defense inscribed in 3 languages, Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi

When the Los Angeles Clippers relieved him of his head coaching duties nearly five weeks ago, Mike Dunleavy conceded that his team needed to hear from a fresh voice. Dunleavy moved upstairs in his role as general manager and readied himself for the trading deadline and the June draft. He took a bow after the Clippers were able wipe $5.5 million off the books at the deadline to put themselves in position to extend a massive contract in the 2010 free agency chase, and scheduled scouting trips to get an up close look at this year’s crop of college talent

In an interview on his own website, Lamar Odom talks about the Orlando Magic , his team’s three-game losing streak, his changing role and his marriage to Khloe Kardashian: Married life is beautiful. I can’t complain at all. There aren’t too many times in life where one feels like he finds his soul mate, finds someone who understands you.

I had a sense that Dallas’ recent survival pattern was unusual, but it wasn’t until I set the crack researchers at Elias Sports Bureau on it that I realized how odd it was. The Mavs’ 125-112 win over Minnesota Monday night was their 12th straight — and almost a record-breaker

Raptors defeated L.A., 106-105, when the teams played in January. Lakers tonight

Bryant says the Lakers are ‘upset’ and ‘edgy’ after three straight losses; the All-Star guard’s emotional state could be described the same way.