Last month Jordan Bell was reunited with former Oregon teammate Dillon Brooks via a trade. He was traded twice in two days. First from Minnesota to Houston and then a day later from Houston to Memphis where Brooks starts at shooting guard.

The reunion did not last very long, however. On Monday afternoon, the Athletic's Sham Charania reported that Memphis had decided to move on from Bell and had elected to waive him.

Charania announced a few moments earlier that the NBA franchise had chosen to sign veteran forward Anthony Tolliver to a 10-day contract to help the team's "need with injuries in frontcourt". Key big men Jaren Jackson Jr. and Brandon Clarke are each currently sidelined. Memphis sits in eight place in the Western Conference and would be in the playoffs if the season ended today.

The move comes just under a month after the trade on Feb. 6 placed him on the same team as Brooks. Bell appeared in just two games with the Grizzlies. He most recently saw the court last Wednesday when he scored five points and grabbed one rebound in six minutes of play. Bell also appeared in last Monday's game when he also scored five points.

It has not been an easy two seasons for Bell after winning a ring with the Golden State Warriors in 2017-18. He saw his role downsized in Golden State the following year, playing fewer minutes, and was not retained by the club this offseason. He was then signed by Minnesota, but the Timberwolves couldn't find a role for the former Oregon star either. He was then traded twice before the trade deadline.

It remains unclear if Bell will sign with another NBA team this season or in the future. Former teammate Tyler Dorsey, who starred alongside of Bell, Brooks and Chris Boucher during the 2016-17 Final Four season, has already elected to move overseas where he plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel. If Bell does not resign in the NBA, that would mean half of the top players from that team would be out of the NBA.

Bell is Oregon's all-time shot-block leader. He was the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Year as a senior, and an all-defensive team selection in all three seasons. He saw his professional stock skyrocket in the final months of his collegiate career. He was tremendous in the team's NCAA Tournament run. His eight-block performance against Kansas in the Elite Eight game will go down as one of the top individual Oregon performances in postseason history.