Zach LaVine, Derrick Jones Jr., Chicago Bulls (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
A deal that a lot of Chicago Bulls fans were waiting to get done came down in the late morning of Aug. 27. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley were able to get a sign-and-trade done in a three-team deal that also involved the Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers. And the trio of players involved in this sign-and-trade deal were fourth-year power forward Lauri Markkanen, small forward Derrick Jones Jr., and forward Larry Nance Jr.