The Cleveland Cavaliers have roster issues and are stuck in the second apron, but they are not out of the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes.

For all these weeks, it seemed almost certain that the Kings would be able to land a late first-round pick for Keon Ellis. But when the deal with the Cavaliers finally went down on Saturday night, one was nowhere to be found.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by a breakout season from Jaylon Tyson, enter the back-half of the 2025-26 NBA season with a 30-21 record.

New NBA trade deadline intel on the Cavs-Kings trade involving De'Andre Hunter and Keon Ellis, plus other moves to be made with tax teams.

Former Alabama guard Keon Ellis has changed teams ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Ellis and guard Dennis Schroder from the Sacramento Kings and forward Emanuel Miller from the Chicago Bulls while sending forward De’Andre Hunter to the Kings and draft considerations to the Bulls.

The NBA and Cleveland Cavaliers will meet to discuss changes to the unique, arguably dangerous court design inside Rocket Arena after Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić narrowly avoided serious injury on Wednesday night, The Athletic has learned.

James Jones, who serves as the NBA’s Executive Vice President/Head of Basketball Operations, announced that Atkinson was fined $50,000 for "aggressively pursuing, berating and making inadvertent contact" with a referee.