The Golden State Warriors will sign Malcolm Thomas to a 10-day contract.

The Warriors have two roster spots available following their cap-saving trades of Jeremy Tyler and Charles Jenkins before the deadline.

Thomas played for Maccabi Tel Aviv this season until February and recently joined the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the D-League.

David Blatt has stepped down as head coach of Russia's national team.

Blatt led Russia to a gold medal at EuroBasket 2007 and a bronze at the 2012 Olympics.

"With mixed feelings, I announce my retirement from the national team of Russia, a team that was a significant part of my professional life," said Blatt in a statement. "My decision is based solely on my sense of what is now the right time. I do it for personal reasons."

Blatt is also the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

After hammering out the details over the past several days, free agent Malcolm Thomas has finally reached agreement on a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, league sources told RealGM on Monday night.

While reports surfaced late last week that Thomas-to-Maccabi was imminent, the 6-foot-9 forward was still sorting through his options while negotiating logistics with the EuroLeague powerhouse, sources said.

Although Thomas had a superb Summer League showing with the Chicago Bulls in July – along with impressive workouts for the New York Knicks and Miami Heat over the last few weeks – in the end he simply could not capture the guaranteed NBA contract he was seeeking. The Bulls, Heat and Knicks were among the teams that offered him non-guaranteed training camp deals.

Privately, Thomas and his camp are hopeful he’ll land an NBA deal next offseason and confident that the chance to excel for an upper-echelon EuroLeague team will allow him to further intrigue American teams, as Jeremy Pargo was able to do. 

Maccabi Tel Aviv, according to league sources, has been engaged in contract negotiations with Malcolm Thomas.

Thomas appeared in five games this summer for the Bulls in the NBA summer league, averaging 11.4 points and 12.4 rebounds.

The 6-foot-7 forward spent part of last season with Ulsan Mobis Phoebus of the South Korean pro league.

Maccabi Tel Aviv released Pops Mensah-Bonsu after medical tests showed Mensah-Bonsu still hadn’t recovered from a knee injury suffered this summer with the British National Team.

Mensah-Bonsu averaged 11.5 points and 7.3 rebounds for Great Britain during the Olympic Games in London.

Luther Head has opted out of his deal with Hapoel Holon, a team in Israel.

Head signed a one-year contract with Hapoel on Monday.

Tal Burstein has retired at the age of 32.

Burstein needs to undergo surgery on his injured right hip.

Burstein was a starter for Maccabi Tel Aviv that won Euroleague titles in 2004 and 2005.

Luther Head signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball League.

Head, a six-year NBA veteran, spent the 2010-11 season with the Sacramento Kings, averaging 6.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

Head owns career averages of 8.2 points and 2.2 assists.

Craig Smith has agreed to a contract with Hapoel Jersualem for the 12-13 season.

Smith spent the 11-12 NBA season with the Blazers.

Willie Warren has agreed to a one-year deal with Maccabi Rishon Lezion.

Warren spent last season with the NBA D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers.