Keon Ellis Rumors

Michael Scotto: Cavaliers guard Keon Ellis on free agency: “I think me being in this situation helps everyone. Going into the summer, we’ll see where all the cards end up, but I do think it’s a good situation for both sides. We can both help each other. Who knows what’ll happen in the summer? I definitely think it’s a great situation to be in, coming from Sacramento to here now. I’m definitely excited about it for sure.”

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Ethan Sands: #Cavs James Harden and Keon Ellis are AVAILABLE against the Nets.

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Chris Fedor: #Cavs James Harden, Keon Ellis, Dean Wade, Max Strus and Donovan Mitchell are all OUT tonight. Dennis Schroder is AVAILABLE.

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Donovan Mitchell: [Harden and I] talked a little bit, but I’m going to start probably talking to him when I get back home. A big reset was needed for everybody, especially after all the craziness of the past week. This a level of hunger that we need to have, and I have no doubt we have it. We’ve had it for the past few weeks. So, it’s not just something that we need to discover. We need to continue to do what we’ve been doing [after] the break and just be hungry like we have been. Obviously, we have to get James, Dennis and Keon acclimated and continue to do what we do, but continue to be hungry, continue to be desperate. That’s the biggest thing.

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SiriusXM NBA Radio: “It’s LeBron James, right?" Here’s Donovan Mitchell’s thoughts on the rumors that LeBron could finish his career in Cleveland @TermineRadio | @Jumpshot8. “As a Bron fan, to be able to be a teammate would obviously be special. But that’s something not in my control. I control what we got here. There’s always going to be reports. It’s natural, it’s going to be a thing. But at the end of the day, to your point, my main focus right now is trying to get this championship. And whatever happens, it happens. And that’s not up to me, that’s not up to anybody, those in the locker room. I’m a big believer in what I can control, but yeah, I mean, it’s LeBron James, right? But at the end of the day, that’s not my focus. (…) We just traded for James Harden, Dennis Schroeder, Keon Ellis, hey, let’s try to find a way to get a ring and go from there.”

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Scott Perry on trading Keon Ellis: When you make a trade a lot of times you have to give something up and Keon Ellis was valued by Cleveland as well. There was going to be a decision that needed to be made about Keon as well contractually coming this off season. We needed more size, though, and we, as you've seen it play out this year, we've had so many guards on the roster, and so you've seen guys in and out of the rotation. Keon was one of those guys. So, there was long stretches he didn't play. There was some stretches he did. So we just opted to get a bigger version of that.

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Cleveland recently reshaped its roster by acquiring James Harden from the Los Angeles Clippers and adding Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis in a deal with the Sacramento Kings. The activity prompted Smith, a key member of the Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA championship team, to weigh in on James’ future during the latest episode of FanDuel’s Run It Back. “I mean this is speculation. I don’t know. This is all speculation, but we still got our group chat and all that. We still talk, but honestly, this is my opinion, but I think he goes back to Cleveland next year,” Smith said. “Rides it out. Rides into the sunset. I don’t think this is his last year. I think he doesn’t have to keep playing, but I still think he has a lot left in the tank to where he’s very impactful. Especially to a team like Cleveland with the pieces they already have.”

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Bobby Marks: Since Saturday, Cleveland has added: - James Harden - Keon Ellis - Dennis Schroder Tax bill: $165M to $65M

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Shams Charania: Essentially a three-team trade that allows Jazz to pick up two seconds, the Hawks to land a productive center in Landale and the Cavaliers to shed significant salary and tax savings while bringing in James Harden, Keon Ellis and Dennis Schroder to fortify the roster this week.

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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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