Lauri Markkanen, Larry Nance Jr., Chicago Bulls (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
A big trade went down heading into the weekend for the Chicago Bulls to finally start getting some moves made to solidify the roster ahead of the start of Training Camp and the preseason. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley dished out restricted free agent and fourth-year power forward Lauri Markkanen to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a trade in the late morning of Aug. 27.
This was a three-team sign-and-trade deal that sent Lauri to Cleveland, forward Larry Nance Jr.