All Eyes On Me Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 The spot to talk on the deadline! I hope we do something to add some depth. Let’s see if Giannis changes teams now or it carries over to the off-season. Deadline is Thursday Feb 5 at 3 pm EST Quote
Soul Bro Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 Soul's prediction: Jones and Goga get traded for some seconds and a bag of chips. Not what I want but what I predict. Quote
The Neighborhood Bully Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 Quote Cleveland and Sacramento have discussed a framework that would send Cavaliers forward De’Andre Hunter to the Kings for Keon Ellis, Dennis Schroeder, and Dario Saric, league sources told HoopsHype. A third team could be looped in to take on Saric, and second-round draft pick compensation also could be added to the framework, sources said. Ellis, a coveted 3-and-D guard by many teams around the league, will become extension eligible on February 9. If he’s not extended before the end of the regular season, he’ll enter unrestricted free agency this summer. Schroeder is owed $14.81 million for next season and has a partial guarantee of $4.35 million for the 2027-28 season, as previously reportedby HoopsHype. Saric is on an expiring $5.43 million contract. Meanwhile, Hunter is on the books for $24.91 million next season. Another trade variation discussed included Malik Monk and Ellis going to Cleveland for Hunter, but the Cavaliers were concerned about Monk’s $41.77 million over the next two seasons, HoopsHype has learned. Separately, the Cavaliers have also had trade talks with the Los Angeles Lakers around a framework of De’Andre Hunter for Rui Hachimuraand Dalton Knecht that would’ve included a third team, league sources told HoopsHype. https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/2026/01/31/nba-intel-cavs-kings-lakers-cam-thomas-bucks-mavs-suns-spurs/88449055007/ Quote
All Eyes On Me Posted January 31 Author Report Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Soul Bro said: Soul's prediction: Jones and Goga get traded for some seconds and a bag of chips. Not what I want but what I predict. I’d be ok with that cause it gets us under the tax and allows us to be players in the buyout market Quote
Soul Bro Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 1 hour ago, All Eyes On Me said: I’d be ok with that cause it gets us under the tax and allows us to be players in the buyout market I like Goga but I don’t think he’s a consistent game-changer in a playoff run. Honestly, both WCJ and Goga aren’t consistent enough for my liking. Quote
All Eyes On Me Posted February 1 Author Report Posted February 1 First trade of deadline week. Kings send Keon Ellis and Denis Schroder to Cleveland for DeAndre Hunter. Bulls take on Dario Saric and 2 future 2nds in the trade Quote
MagicMan1979 Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 9 hours ago, All Eyes On Me said: First trade of deadline week. Kings send Keon Ellis and Denis Schroder to Cleveland for DeAndre Hunter. Bulls take on Dario Saric and 2 future 2nds in the trade Schroeder seems like a strange addition for Cleveland. They have Garland, Ball, Mitchell, and now also Ellis. I guess he is insurance for Garland since he is always hurt it seems. Quote
Soul Bro Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 Trade idea: Jones & Isaac (and maybe a second) for Monk https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=254tfk7j Quote
Luke_FfS Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 On 1/30/2026 at 7:27 PM, CTMagicUK said: The Kings want a FRP for Ellis who apparently has like 10+ teams interested in him. One thing is wanting, another is obtaining, and the Kings seem to continuously make terrible decisions and have no direction at all about the future. When we're down with the Magic, we have those kind of little consolations... They picked up his option leaving him unstricted to have the possibility to sign Schroeder, and now they trade them both for a player that doesn't make sense, and they also have to give up two second rounders instead of receiving compensation. Terrible management. Cle: I like the move and mindset, they made a similar move for Hunter last deadline, didn't worked and now are quickly reacting. Point is: that's the kind of moves we'll need to make in the future, assessing needs while cutting costs at the same time. (I agree with MagicMan that they've too many guards now, but I wouldn't be surprised they're up to other deals... this time easier ones, as the bigger contract in the move was the 23m they gave away) Quote
The Neighborhood Bully Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 48 minutes ago, Soul Bro said: Trade idea: Jones & Isaac (and maybe a second) for Monk https://www.espn.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=254tfk7j Monk has 2 years and $42M left on his contract after this year and puts us really close to the second apron next season and only 10 players under contract. We also have to pay AB on Monk's last contract year. Quote
Soul Bro Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 16 minutes ago, The Neighborhood Bully said: Monk has 2 years and $42M left on his contract after this year and puts us really close to the second apron next season and only 10 players under contract. We also have to pay AB on Monk's last contract year. Yes... I'm actually approaching this deadline with two goals: 1. How do we improve now to take that next step in the playoffs? 2. How do we flank our roster for the future? My assumption is we will not be able to keep both Jalen and AB, so Monk will be help us both now and later. As it relates to the future, I'm all in on AB over Jalen. Quote
CTMagicUK Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 I highly doubt this team adds any long term salary at the deadline. Quote
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