Keon Ellis Rumors

The Lakers Review: Jake Fischer during his live stream for Bleacher Report today stated the Lakers’ inability to trade for Keon Ellis - whom the team wanted - is an “indicator” to him that they’re not going to be “super aggressive” trying to find perimeter help. He reiterated their desire to maintain cap space for the summer and named Peyton Watson, Bennedict Mathurin, and Tari Eason as potential players they could target amongst other wings that may become available. Jake also mentioned “definitively, the Lakers are ready to move on from LeBron James and I think LeBron James is ready to move on from the Lakers as well. That’s kind of the foregone sentiment in Los Angeles right now about what’s to come this summer.”

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Matt George: Yeah, Keon is bringing some fire into Saturday's game in Sacramento. 😬

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Allen Stiles: Sam Amick on @Sactown1140 sounds like Keon’s market faded a little, Kings wanted to make sure they got something - Minnesota was 2 2nds but started focusing on Giannis - Indy didn’t want to give up a 1st while still having Benedict Mathurin - “Boston was in there too but faded”

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Tim Bontemps: People around the league are watching the Donovan Mitchell situation. He's got one guaranteed year left on his contract. He has not made it out of the second round of the playoffs in his career. And if the Cavs don't make a playoff run this year when they came into the season, coming off winning 64 games and losing in really disappointing fashion… Many people had them ahead of the Knicks, but at worst they were co-favorites with the Knicks to make the finals and instead they've been somewhere from seventh to fifth most of the season. They're fifth right now. They've gotten out of the plan, there's pressure there for the Cavs to make a run this year. And as constituted right now, I don't think Dennis Shroeder… like this trade was fine. I would rather have Keon Ellis than De’Andre Hunter, but this is not going to be enough in my opinion to get the Cavs where they need to go this year to satisfy um the the pressure that's on them. So, is there a move they can make between now and Thursday afternoon that is going to be able to do that? Now, we'll see if something comes up.

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‪Yossi Gozlan‬: Keon Ellis becomes extension-eligible on February 9. The Cavaliers will be able to retain him beyond this season with tonight's trade saving them $70 million against their payroll and luxury tax projection for next season.

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Dan Woike: The Lakers desires to not take on money beyond this year made Hunter less than ideal, and the Lakers didn’t have the draft assets (or the desire to take on longer money) to get them Ellis.

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Sean Cunningham: I'm told in addition to Dario Saric, Chicago gets a 2029 second-round pick from the Sacramento Kings, as well as a 2027 second-rounder from the Cavaliers in the deal.

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Yossi Gozlan: I doubt the Sacramento Kings are done. De'Andre Hunter for Dennis Schroder adds $10 million to their 2026-27 payroll, pushing them $13 million over the projected luxury tax line. I expect them to make subsequent moves to address this.

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Bobby Marks: Contract breakdown for the 4 players involved To Cleveland Dennis Schroder: $14.1M, $14.8M, $15.5M ($4.3 GTY), UFA 2028 Keon Ellis: $2.3M, UFA 2026 Note: Ellis is eligible to sign a 3/$52M extension starting on 2/9 To Sacramento De’Andre Hunter: $23.3M, $24.9M, UFA 2027 Note: $1.25M in unlikely bonuses that count toward the apron To Chicago Dario Saric: $5.4M, UFA 206

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Shams Charania: Cavs turn Hunter's slot into backcourt depth and create $50 million in salary and tax savings this season. Kings receive an established 3-and-D wing under contract through 2027 at age of 28 and roster flexibility, including converting two-way Dylan Cardwell to a standard deal.

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Yossi Gozlan: The Cleveland Cavaliers save $50 million in payroll and luxury tax combined by trading De'Andre Hunter for Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis. They also go from $22 million above the second apron to $13.9 million above it.

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Shams Charania: BREAKING: The Cleveland Cavaliers are trading De'Andre Hunter to the Sacramento Kings for Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis, sources tell ESPN. The three-team deal includes the Chicago Bulls acquiring Kings forward Dario Saric and two future second-round picks.

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Jake Fischer: While the last 48 hours have certainly felt like Cleveland is in the driver’s seat for Keon Ellis, the Lakers, Spurs and Celtics are among other playoff teams still looking to add the Kings guard, sources say.

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Sacramento, sources say, has only increased the intensity of its talks to ship out Keon Ellis entering the weekend … with the Lakers, Pacers, Spurs and Celtics among several teams still hoping to factor into the race to acquire the defensive-minded guard.

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