The Chicago Bulls received sign-and-trade interest on Lauri Markkanen from a number of teams before eventually sending him to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics all expressed interest in Markkanen.

But the Bulls refused several trade offers and eventually were hung up on a second round pick also being included from Cleveland.

Markkanen is joining the Cavaliers on a four-year, $67.5 million deal with a partial guarantee on the fourth year. 

Markkanen fully expected to be part of the DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade to the Spurs, but Chicago is believed to have pulled him from the porospal. 

The Dallas Mavericks have waived Two-Way player Nate Hinton. Hinton spent his rookie season with Dallas on a Two-Way contract. He went undrafted at the 2020 NBA Draft.

As a rookie, Hinton averaged 1.9 points in 93 minutes over 21 games with the Mavericks. In the G-League bubble, Hinton averaged 9.7 points and 6.1 rebounds in 12 games.

The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly declined to offer Jared Dudley a position as an assistant coach before he was hired by the Dallas Mavericks for a front-of-the-bench position. Dudley was well liked by the Lakers' players, particularly LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

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"Word is that the Lakers did not offer Dudley a coaching role to stay once they made it clear that they were not holding a roster spot for him," writes Marc Stein of Substack. "The reality, though, is that a behind-the-bench position likely would have been insufficient to keep him in Los Angeles given that the Mavericks promised to install Dudley alongside former Suns head coach Igor Kokoškov and Sean Sweeney (who will be coaching under Kidd for the third time) as one of Kidd's top three aides."

The Dallas Mavericks have hired Jared Dudley as an assistant coach.

Dudley spent the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and they're not expected to bring him back as a player, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports.

Dudley tore his MCL last season.

Dudley has long been considered one of the NBA's best locker room presences with a prospective career in coaching or broadcasting. 

The Dallas Mavericks have signed Feron Hunt and Carlik Jones to their 2021 training camp/preseason roster. Both Hunt and Jones played for Dallas at 2021 Summer League in Las Vegas.

Hunt went undrafted as an Early Entry candidate out of SMU. The 6'8'' forward averaged 11.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game as a junior. He averaged nine points per game on 60.6% shooting for the Mavs during Summer League.

The 6'1'' Jones went undrafted as an Early Entry candidate out of Louisville. He spent his senior season with the Cardinals after transferring from Radford. Jones averaged 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior. In Las Vegas, Jones started in three of the five games he played for Dallas and he averaged 14.2 points per game.

The Mavericks training camp roster now stands at the maximum of 20 players.

The Dallas Mavericks will hire Kristi Tolliver as an assistant coach.

Tolliver has spent parts of the past two seasons on the coaching staff of the Washington Wizards. 

Tolliver is currently playing in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. 

The schedule NBA's annual Christmas Day extravaganza has been set. As per usual, there are five games scheduled on December 25:

Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks - 12:00 PM ET on ESPN

Boston Celtics at Milwaukee Bucks - 2:30 PM ET on ABC

Golden State Warriors at Phoenix Suns - 5:00 PM ET on ABC

Brooklyn Nets at Los Angeles Lakers - 8:00 PM ET on ABC/ESPN

Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz - 10:30 PM ET on ESPN

The Dallas Mavericks have signed forward Eugene Omoruyi to a Two-Way contract. Omoruyi went undrafted out of Oregon at the 2021 NBA Draft.

Omoruyi transferred to Oregon after three years at Rutgers. He averaged 17 points and five rebounds per game for the Ducks in 2020-21.

Lauri Markkanen remains in free agent with most teams lacking cap space and the Chicago Bulls seeking a first round pick for facilitating a sign-and-trade, sources tell Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report.

The Bulls are also requiring Markkanen's new team to find a third trade partner to take on the outgoing salary needed to create space for his contract. The third team would seek draft pick compensation, which means any team interested in Markkanen must send a first to Chicago and likely another first or two second rounders elsewhere.

"Chicago is playing this masterfully from no other perspective than a contract management standpoint," said one team capologist. "It won't do any favors relationship-wise, but they're bleeding his market based on their tax situation, and nobody else can offer him any kind of money without them."

The Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics have all shown interest in Markkanen at deals worth around $15 million in average annual value. 

Markkanen may be forced into accepting a one-year qualifying offer that would pay him approximately $9 million and he could then become an unrestricted free agent next summer. Markkanen, however, is believed to not have interest in a return to Chicago on that structure. 

Boban Marjanovic signed a two-year, $7 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks.

Marjanovic's agreement with the Mavericks was reported at the start of free agency, but no contract details were reported at the time.

Marjanovic averaged 4.7 points and 3.9 rebounds in 8.2 minutes over 33 games last season with the Mavericks.