{"id":774965,"date":"2026-07-01T01:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/774965\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T01:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:51:14","slug":"reports-keon-ellis-to-sign-two-year-deal-with-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/774965\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Keon Ellis to sign two-year deal with Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2254425\" class=\"wp-image-2254425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages_KeonEllis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keon Ellis, who went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, began his NBA career with the Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Keon Ellis is reportedly joining the Brooklyn Nets on a two-year contract.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2072123035960610996\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN reported Tuesday that Ellis<\/a>, a four-year veteran shooting guard, will sign with the Nets for two years and $18 million.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN also reported that the second season of the deal is a mutual option, and either side can choose to opt-in.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic also reported Ellis signing with the Nets.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis, who went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, began his NBA career with the Kings. His best season came in 2024-25, when he played in a career-high 80 games and averaged a career-best 8.3 points per game.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent guard Keon Ellis has agreed to a two-year, $18 million guaranteed deal with the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell ESPN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YdLqrFZHhq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YdLqrFZHhq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2072123035960610996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/cavaliers\/news\/releases-dennis-schroder-keon-ellis-260201\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded Ellis along with Dennis Schr\u00f6der<\/a> to Cleveland as part of a multi-team deal at last season\u2019s trade deadline, and the 26-year-old averaged 8.3 points per game and shot 49.1% from the field in 29 games with the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets have been busy this offseason, having reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/reports-julius-randle-traded-to-nets-on-eve-of-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added veteran Julius Randle<\/a> from Minnesota right before the Draft.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keon Ellis, who went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, began his NBA career with the Kings. Keon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,5005,3211,6,671,18106],"class_list":["post-774965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-free-agent","tag-keon-ellis","tag-nba","tag-nets","tag-signs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116842219893949590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774965","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=774965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}