Greg Monroe and the Phoenix Suns have agreed upon a buyout.

Monroe is expected to receive significant interest from multiple teams for a contract for the remainder of the season.

Monroe was traded to the Suns by the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this season in the Eric Bledsoe trade.

The Pelicans, Spurs, Wizards and Celtics are amongst the teams interested in Monroe.

The Chicago Bulls will keep Nikola Mirotic from playing in Wednesday's game and presumably through the trade deadline on Feb. 8th.

The Bulls are attempting to trade Mirotic, who can veto a trade.

Chicago and the Pelicans were close to a trade of Mirotic this week.

Blake Griffin didn't negotiate a no-trade clause in his new contract with the Clippers and was traded in the first year of the deal. Stephen Curry similarly signed a new contract with the Warriors in the offseason and he also doesn't own a no-trade clause.

Curry was asked about not having the no-trade on Tuesday.

“Just a negotiation situation,” Curry said. “Obviously, it'd be nice to have one, but it wasn't in the cards. For me, I don't say I regret not getting one.”

Curry said the two sides “talked about it a little bit,” but ultimately agreed against adding a no-trade clause.

“They try to set a precedent that nobody gets one around here,” Curry told The Athletic. “But you would hope situations that happened with Blake don't happen with this team.”

LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dirk Nowitzki are the only players in the NBA with a no-trade clause.

Curry won't have the same leverage as those three players.

“But it's part of the NBA, man,” Curry said. “It's been that way forever. I'd hope that down the line in my career I play well enough to have winning ways and we continue to do what we've been doing and things will happen according to our successes as I go through the rest of the five years in my contract.”

The Los Angeles Clippers were aggressive in their pursuit of a Blake Griffin trade before settling on a deal with the Pistons.

"They offered him around to everybody," said Royce Young on The Hoop Collective podcast. 

"I don't know if that's true," replied Brian Windhorst.

"I mean I know they made calls to Oklahoma City for Paul George," Young said. "I'm pretty sure they made calls to Minnesota for players, so I mean, like, they tried to get some bigger name players. It just wasn't happening."

Griffin is from Oklahoma and had long been linked to the Thunder.

George will be a free agent in 2018 and was a Clippers' fan growing up outside Los Angeles.

The Boston Celtics have decided not to sign Jarell Eddie to a second 10-day contract at this time.

The Celtics prefer to have flexibility heading to the trade deadline with an open roster spot.

Eddie appeared sparingly in two games with the Celtics.

Eddie spent parts of the 15-16 and 16-17 season with the Wizards.

The Philadelphia 76ers have interest in trading for Tyreke Evans.

Evans signed a one-year, $3.3 million contract with the Memphis Grizzlies in the offseason, which he has easily outperformed. Evans is averaging 19.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game.

The Grizzlies are seeking a first round pick for Evans, which the 76ers are reluctant to part with.

Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Grizzlies will sit Evans until he's traded or until after the deadline.

While the Los Angeles Clippers were mentioned as a franchise interested in pursuing LeBron James this offseason, they are not expected to be on his list.

A source close to James said he's not expected to consider signing with the Clippers. Even a source close to the Clippers said the team doesn't expect to be a player for James.

The Clippers secured a meeting with James when he was a free agent in 2010.

James is expected to consider re-signing with the Cavaliers, along with possibly free agent pitches from the Lakers and 76ers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have interest in trading for George Hill but they want protection against his contract if LeBron James leaves in the offseason.

Hill is guaranteed $19 million next season and $1 millon out of $18 million the following season.

The Cavaliers had held talks with the Kings involving Iman Shumpert and Channing Frye.

"George Hill, they didn’t want to buy him out this year," said Brian Windhorst. "What they wanted to do was protect themselves in the event that, if LeBron James left, whether George Hill would be willing to take a buyout on the $20 million he’s owed on his contract after this season."

The New Orleans Pelicans and Chicago Bulls were close to a trade involving Nikola Mirotic for a first round pick and the contract of Omer Asik.

Mirotic can veto a trade unless the Bulls pick up his $12.5 million option for next season.

Mirotic has sought a trade from the Bulls since his preseason fight with Bobby Portis.

Dan Gilbert was reportedly the driving force behind the Cleveland Cavaliers' trade of Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics. Gilbert strongly coveted Brooklyn's unprotected first round pick in 2018.

Gilbert was recently spotted with Koby Altman at the Oklahoma-Alabama game scouting Trae Young and Collin Sexton.

Altman replaced David Griffin as general manager last offseason but Gilbert has reportedly maintained a close hold on basketball personnel decisions.

"The word is out that Dan is running things," a rival executive told B/R. "Frankly, that's where he's happiest and the role he's most comfortable in."