Seven-footer Francisco Elson has played for five different teams since entering the NBA with the Denver Nuggets back in 2003 and now he’s about to add another notch to his belt. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Elson’s agent says his client has reached an agreement with the Utah Jazz . The deal won’t be final till Elson, who is currently in the Netherlands, passes a physical, the paper reports

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Adrian Griffin has been working as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks but the Journal Times is reporting that he’s moving on up to take the bench coach job under Tom Thibodeau with the Chicago Bulls . The 36-year-old played pro ball for 12 years, taking the ball for the Long Island Surf, Connecticut Pride, Atlantic City Seagulls, Boston Celtics , Dallas Mavericks , Houston Rockets , Seattle SuperSonics, and the Bulls, where he played from 2004-2005 and 2006-2008. He’ll be the youngest bench coach in the NBA

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Adrian Griffin , who has been working as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks , is on the verge of being hired to be the bench coach under Tom Thibodeau with the Chicago Bulls , according to the Journal Times. Griffin, 36, played pro ball for 12 years with the Long Island Surf, Connecticut Pride, Atlantic City Seagulls, Boston Celtics , Dallas Mavericks , Houston Rockets , Seattle SuperSonics, and the Bulls, where he played from 2004-2005 and 2006-2008. He’ll be the youngest bench coach in the NBA

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Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut’s season ended a little early last year when he broke bones in his right hand, fractured his right hand, and dislocated his right elbow after dunking against the Phoenix Suns on April 3.

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Milwuakee Bucks fans are expecting center Andrew Bogut to be fully recovered when the season kicks off from the broken arm he suffered in an on-court crash in April, but AOL FanHouse is reporting that they might want to r ethink their expectations . Bogut told Australian sports network that he "still isn’t able to practice shooting and will hold himself out of the Bucks’ opening games if he’s not 100 percent," the site reports. "I’m one of those guys who will play through injury but if I’m not 100 percent for the season to start, there is no sense going into an NBA season at 85 percent because we’re playing up to May," Bogut told the network, according to FanHouse.

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Guard Luther Head (notes) thought he had a deal in place with the New Orleans Hornets before it was rescinded yesterday due to a so-called failed physical. Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski called it a "slimy trick" by the Hornets to get out of a contract that the recently fired GM Jeff Bower negotiated. "This is just so unbelievably wrong," Head’s agent told Wojnarowski.

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Guard Luther Head (notes) thought he had a deal in place with the New Orleans Hornets before it was rescinded yesterday due to a so-called failed physical.

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Guard Luther Head (notes) thought he had a deal with the New Orleans Hornets before it was rescinded Thursday due to a so-called failed physical. Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski called it a "slimy trick" by the Hornets to get out of a contract that the recently fired general manager Jeff Bower negotiated. "This is just so unbelievably wrong," Head’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, told Wojnarowski

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The Milwaukee Bucks may have been the team that selected Dirk Nowitzki (notes) with the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, but he’s played his entire NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks . And now that may change .

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Avery Johnson, Tom Thibodeau, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Dwane Casey, Phil Jackson, and on and on.

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Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard John Salmons (notes) could stick around Milwaukee for another season and make $5.8 million or he could opt out and see if any team is interested in offering more dough than that. If he opts out, it appears that the Atlanta Hawks will be very interested since its star shooting guard, Joe Johnson (notes) , appears to be ready to fly the coop as well, according to the Milwaukee Journal Times

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Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson has led his team to slow, steady improvement over the last five years, but if his team loses one more game, his career in Atlanta may be over , according to FanHouse. The Hawks apparently are thinking they should be ready to make a real run at the NBA championships and now the team could get eliminated with one more loss to the Milwaukee Bucks . Woodson’s team blew a nine-point lead with just four minutes to play last night

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The excellent rookie season of Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans will apparently get a little bit better tomorrow when he will receive the Rookie of the Year award, according to sources of the Sacramento Bee. Evans finished off the season with an average of 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game, making him the fourth rookie in league history after Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and the Cleveland Cavaliers ‘ LeBron James to average at least 20 points, five rebounds, and five assists

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