Gary Trent Jr. is widely expected to re-sign with the Toronto Raptors this offseason, sources tell The Athletic.

Trent will be a restricted free agent after he was traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Raptors at the deadline as part of the Norman Powell deal.

Trent has a $4.7 million cap hold and qualifying offer.

The Dallas Mavericks are not pursuing Masai Ujiri or Danny Ainge for their head of basketball operations position. Both Ujiri and Ainge would surely want more autonomy than what executives with the franchise have been afforded while working for Mark Cuban. Cuban will continue to have final say on roster decisions.

Ujiri does not currently have a contract with the Toronto Raptors for the 21-22 season. Ainge stepped down from his role running the Boston Celtics this offseason. 

The Mavericks have hired a search firm to help the franchise with the hiring process, which will result in at least one external executive being added to the front office no matter what.

Dallas is considering elevating Michael Finley for the role.

Toronto Raptors assistant Sergio Scariolo announced that he was leaving the team after three seasons to take over at Virtus Bologna.

Scariolo was part of Nick Nurse's staff that won the 2019 NBA title.

Scariolo lead the Raptors to a win last February when Nick Nurse was ruled out due to COVID-19 protocols. 

Pascal Siakam has undergone successful surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

Siakam is expected to need approximately five months to recover from the surgery.

Siakam averaged 21.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 35.8 minutes per game this season. 

The injury to Siakam's shoulder occurred on May 8th against the Memphis Grizzlies. 

The Washington Wizards have hired Katherine Evans to head their research department. Evans is the first woman to head a research or analytics department for an NBA franchise.

"Dr. Evans is an exceptional talent with a true passion for the game of basketball and is widely respected within the league and academic circles," said Sashi Brown, Monumental Basketball's chief planning and operations officer. "She brings innovative approaches and perspectives and will be a great leader of our research department, which is charged with identifying competitive advantages for all of our athletes and our athlete care and performance team."

Evans previously was director of strategic research for the Toronto Raptors.