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.

D.J. White has agreed one a one-year deal with the Shaghai Sharks, according to a source.

White will be free to join an NBA team when the Chinese Basketball Association season ends in March.

Josh Akognon signed a fully guaranteed contract with Liaoning in China for the 12-13 season.

But the contract contains an out-clause to go to an NBA team, which has been exercised for Akognon to join the Dallas Mavericks on a non-guaranteed contract, a source told RealGM.

Akognon will return to Lianoning if the Mavericks decide not to keep him on their regular season roster.

Akognon is a 5-11 point guard out of Cal State Fullerton, who played in China and the D-League last season.

Free agent Jannero Pargo is in discussions with a few NBA teams as he hopes to sign a contract before training camps open up, agent Mark Bartelstein told RealGM on Thursday.

Although Pargo has a comfort level playing overseas, having spent time professionally in Russia with Dynamo Moscow and Greece with Olympiacos, Bartelstein said the goal remains to sign an NBA deal for the 12-13 season.

Pargo, 32, has played eight NBA seasons with five different teams.

Pargo averaged 5.6 points on 38.4 percent shooting from three-point range last season for the Atlanta Hawks.

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.

Adam Morrison has signed a make-good training camp deal with the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers will have a roster spot available due to Elliot Williams' Achilles tear and season-ending surgery.

Morrison played for Besiktas in the Turkish league last season.

The Brooklyn Nets have signed free agents Stephen Dennis, James Mays, and Carleton Scott.

All three players played overseas last season. The Nets training camp roster stands at 18 players.

Dennis, a 6’6” guard, spent four years at Kutztown University. In his senior season he averaged 26.6 points per game and was named to the Division II All-American Team. After college, Dennis played for the Bakersfield Jam in the NBA D-League, where in 51 games he averaged 18.5 points, 6.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds. 

Mays, a 6’9’’ forward, spent four years at Clemson University. After his senior season, he was the second overall pick by the Colorado 14ers in the 2008 NBA D-League Draft.  

Scott, a 6’8” forward, played three years at the University of Notre Dame. Named the 2010 Co-Most Improved Player. After graduating in 2011, Scott went to Austria and played for the UBC Carefuel Gussing Knights.  

Pooh Jeter signed a free agent contract with the Shandong Flaming Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association.

Jeter spent last season with Joventut Badalona, where he averaged 11.5 points and 2.9 assists over 31 games in the Spanish ACB.

Jeter appeared in 61 games for the Sacramento Kings during the 2010-11 season.

Curtis Stinson has signed a one-year deal with Cedevita Zagreb of the Croatian League.

Stinson arrives from the D-League Iowa Energy, where he averaged 11.3 points on 44.7 percent shooting in 28 games this past season.

Stinson was named D-League MVP two years ago after averaging 19.3 points, a league-best 9.8 assists and 5.7 rebounds.

Atlanta Hawks' head coach Larry Drew went to Israel recently to meet with and observe Maccabi Tel Aviv head coach David Blatt.

“Larry respects the international game and is enjoying the opportunity to share ideas with David Blatt,” Danny Ferry wrote in a text message. “David is a heckuva coach and I know that Larry appreciates that David has been so open. I know Larry is enjoying the opportunity to closely watch [Maccabi's] program. It is a highly respected program.”

Blatt also coach the Russian team to the Bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.