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The Chicago Bulls got a big deal done late in the morning of Aug. 27 to finally ship off the restricted free agent and fourth-year power forward Lauri Markkanen. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley got a three-team sign-and-trade deal done heading into the weekend with the Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers.
What the Bulls got in this sign-and-trade deal was the former Trail Blazers and Miami Heat small forward Derrick Jones Jr., a lottery-protected future first-round draft pick from Portland, and a future second-round draft pick from Cleveland.