Lester Hudson left the Cavaliers and signed with the Grizzlies this week following the expiration of his second 10-day contract.

Sources say Hudson didn't want to sign Cleveland's offer of a contract with a team option for 12-13 without more guaranteed money.

Teams are increasingly seeking two-year deals where the second-year is not fully guaranteed because it also becomes a trade chip.

The Grizzlies will sign Lester Hudson for the remainder of the season.

Hudson has a verbal agreement with Memphis.

Hudson will be eligible for the playoffs because he wasn't waived by the Cavaliers. Hudson's second 10-day contract with Cleveland expired on Wednesday.

Hudson was unable to come to terms with the Cavaliers on a contract for the rest of the season on Thursday.

Hudson averaged 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 24 minutes while shooting 39 percent from the field and 25 percent from 3-point range in 13 games for the Cavaliers.

The Celtics had a deal with the Grizzlies at the deadline that would have centered around Ray Allen for O.J. Mayo and a draft pick.

Doc Rivers went so far as to tell Allen that he had been traded, but called again 20 minutes later to say the deal had fallen apart.

League sources say Danny Ainge was also working on a Paul Pierce to New Jersey trade for Mehmet Okur and a lottery pick.

An MRI conducted on Marc Gasol revealed a bone bruise on his left knee.

Gasol was injured in Sunday's road loss at New Orleans with what was initially diagnosed as a hyperextended left knee.

Gasol has no ligament or structural damage.

"It's all good. I'll be back as soon as possible," Gasol wrote on his Twitter page.

Gasol could be questionable for the rest of the week.

The Clippers and Grizzlies could meet in the first round of the playoffs, which made Monday's matchup an important test from the perspective of Rudy Gay.

Memphis hadn't defeated the Clippers this season before their 94-85 victory in which six players scored in double figures.

"We had no chance of winning the tiebreaker against them," said Gay. "We knew that, but we still wanted to beat them. It was a statement game. We know we can beat them. We knew that the first two games, we just didn't play well." 

Zach Randolph was involved in a minor traffic accident and did not attend Monday's morning shootaround.

Randolph was rear-ended and was being evaluated.

The Memphis Grizzlies re-assigned guard Josh Selby to the Reno Bighorns, the Grizzlies’ NBA Development League affiliate. This marks the third and final assignment for Selby.

Selby (6-2, 183, Kansas) returns to the Bighorns having played in a six games during his previous two assignments in February and March, when he averaged 22.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 32.2 minutes. He registered a triple-double on March 30 vs. the Idaho Stampede, setting NBA D-League career highs in points (32), rebounds (10) and assists (10) on 10-of-17 shooting.