The NBA just couldn’t wait a couple more days for the wheeling and dealing to get underway.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers received guards Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis, the Kings acquired forward De’Andre Hunter and the Bulls secured forward Dario Saric and two future second-round picks.<\/p>\n
Schroder and Ellis bring backcourt depth to a Cavaliers team that sits fifth in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n
Schroder, 32, is averaging 12.8 points and 5.3 assists per game this season, his 13th in the NBA. Cleveland will be his 11th NBA team.<\/p>\n
Ellis, 26, is averaging 5.6 points per game. A defensive stalwart on the perimeter, he’s averaging 1.1 steals and 0.5 blocks in just 17.6 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n
Hunter, meanwhile, was Cleveland’s prize of last year’s trade deadline, having acquired him from Atlanta for Caris Levert, Georges Niang, three second-round picks and two pick swaps.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old forward is averaging 14 points per game this season, but shooting a career worst 30.8 per cent from three-point range. He joins a Sacramento squad that is 12-28, worst in the NBA.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers save $6.9 million of actual salary by moving Hunter, and around $40 million worth of tax money, per Sportrac’s Keith Smith<\/a>. Hunter has two-years left on his contract, worth about $48 million in total.<\/p>\n Chicago takes on the contract of Saric, who has appeared in only five games this season. The 31-year-old big man has played just 19 games in the last two seasons. <\/p>\n