Charles Barkley has the perfect reaction to the Cavs’ Keon Ellis-De’Andre Hunter trade

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Sacramento Kings officially kicked off the final week of the NBA trade deadline with a move that likely won’t shake up either conference, but will have some long-term ramifications for both sides.

The Cavs and Kings agreed to a trade late Saturday night that will send Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis to Cleveland and De’Andre Hunter in Sacramento. The deal also included the Chicago Bulls, who received Dario Saric in the process.

On the surface, the trade doesn’t seem like a mover for either side, but both teams benefit from what the trade affords them.

Before we get into that, though, the Inside the NBA crew chimed in on the trade, with Charles Barkley expressing confusion on both teams about the trade being pulled.

“This trade doesn’t make sense for either team,” Barkley said after the Rockets beat the Mavericks on ESPN. “The Cavs have a legitimate chance to win the East, and you know I’m a big Hunter fan. I have no idea what Sacramento is doing. I think they’re getting him, but I don’t know what they’re doing. But I’m disappointed in the Cavs because I’m a big DeAndre Hunter fan.”

When asked by Kenny Smith why he wasn’t a fan of the move if he was a fan of De’Andre Hunter, Barkley was open.

“(Sacramento) is not relevant!” Barclay said. “They’re not relevant. We’re not living in the future. They’re not good. Sacramento’s not good, man.”

For the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose second unit has struggled somewhat since the departure of Ty Jerome in free agency, this move gives the Cavs an additional ball-handler in Dennis Schroder while allowing them to acquire a solid, 3-and-D type of player in Keon Ellis.

The move makes less sense for the Sacramento Kings from a point guard perspective, considering Russell Westbrook is their only true point guard. It does, however, give the Kings a bigger body and three tiers in Hunter. The trade also allows the Kings the roster spot to sign two-way player Dylan Cardwell to a standard contract before he reaches his cap hit.

While the move itself doesn’t appear to be much of a challenge, the Kings are likely to remain active on the market, with players like Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis said to be highly available.

In 40 appearances for the Kings this season, Dennis Schroder averaged 12.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, but struggled to shoot just 40.8 percent from the field.

Keon Ellis played in 43 games this season, averaging 5.6 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 17.6 minutes per game. Beginning Feb. 9, Ellis will be eligible to sign a three-year contract worth as much as $52 million, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.