{"id":574941,"date":"2026-02-01T10:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/574941\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:44:26","slug":"nba-trade-grades-for-3-team-deal-with-cavs-landing-dennis-schroder-keon-ellis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/574941\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA trade grades for 3-team deal with Cavs landing Dennis Schr\u00f6der, Keon Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">NBA trade deadline week is here, and the deals got started on late Saturday night when the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sacramento Kings, and Chicago Bulls agreed to a three-team swap. Here\u2019s the details, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2017810146404016373\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:via ESPN insider Shams Charania;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">via ESPN insider Shams Charania<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cavs get: Dennis Schr\u00f6der, Keon Ellis<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kings get: De\u2019Andre Hunter<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bulls get: Dario Saric, two second-round picks<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The deal saves Cleveland $50 million in payroll, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2017810376415416475\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to Charania;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to Charania<\/a>. Hunter makes $23.9 million this season and $24.9 million next season as he arrives in Sacramento. Meanwhile, Schr\u00f6der makes $14 million this season, $14.8 million next season, and then has a partially guaranteed third season as he heads to Cleveland. Ellis is slated to be a free agent this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This deal bolsters the Cavs\u2019 rotation heading into the playoffs, while the Kings ditch Schr\u00f6der and get to try out another wing in Hunter. The Bulls swoop in and land two second-round picks just for eating some salary. Let\u2019s grade this move for every side.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Cavs trade grade Dennis Schr\u00f6der, Keon Ellis acquisitions<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I like this for Cleveland. The Cavs haven\u2019t been the same this year coming off a 64-win season in part because of injuries, in part because they\u2019re just not as deep as they were last season. This trade at least helps fix the second part of the problem. Cleveland needed another ball handler with Darius Garland\u2019s lingering big toe injury, and they also have missed Ty Jerome, who departed over the summer in free agency to the Memphis Grizzlies. Schr\u00f6der gives them some insurance on Garland as the playoffs approach, and he can also easily slide into a bench role where he can lead second units as a shot-creator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ve always liked Ellis as a tough defender with low-volume three-point shooting ability, so that\u2019s a nice addition for Cleveland\u2019s stretch run, too. I have no idea why a hopeless Kings team wouldn\u2019t play him much this season, but it was clear they weren\u2019t going to resign him, so now the Cavs get an extended look at him before he hits free agency. Cleveland won\u2019t miss Hunter: the Cavs have a -0.5 net-rating with Hunter on the floor this season, and a +9.5 net-rating with him off. He just couldn\u2019t hit a shot this season, and his defense has never been that impactful. I like every bit of this deal for Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cavs grade: A<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Kings trade grade for De\u2019Andre Hunter deal<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hunter has a reputation as a 3-and-D wing, but he hasn\u2019t been good in either area this year. He\u2019s only making 30.8 percent of his threes this season on 5.5 attempts per game, and his 55.3 percent true shooting so far is below league-average. Defensively, the Cavs posted a 117.2 defensive rating with Hunter on the floor this year, and a 110.6 defensive rating with him off the floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hunter was shooting 40.5 percent from three for the Atlanta Hawks when they traded him to the Cavs at last year\u2019s deadline, so maybe he can get his shooting stroke back. The Kings needed another wing to fill out lineups, and Hunter can at least do that. Sacramento takes on Hunter\u2019s inflated salary next year so they don\u2019t have to deal with Schr\u00f6der\u2019s partial guarantee in 2027-28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kings grade: C<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Bulls trade grade for Dario Saric, second-round pick<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is a nice margin move for the Bulls. Saric has barely played the last two years, and has been terrible when he has been on the court, but whatever. This is about adding two second round picks just for the cost of eating his money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">These aren\u2019t great second-round picks, but it\u2019s still nice to get them for just a little bit of money. The Bulls reportedly waived Jevon Carter in a corresponding move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bulls grade: A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA trade deadline week is here, and the deals got started on late Saturday night when the Cleveland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[208,7,75,329,193,10877,791,1219,1024,6299,3211,177,6,2828,477,1201],"class_list":{"0":"post-574941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","13":"tag-dario-saric","14":"tag-darius-garland","15":"tag-deandre-hunter","16":"tag-dennis-schroder","17":"tag-jevon-carter","18":"tag-keon-ellis","19":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nba-trade-deadline","22":"tag-sacramento-kings","23":"tag-ty-jerome"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115994969116764861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}