Keon Ellis is an American basketball player who, as of January 2025, plays as a shooting guard for the Sacramento Kings. Ellis was born and raised in Eustis, Florida and first attended Eustis High School before transferring to Leesburg High School in Leesburg, Florida. Keon Ellis showed early potential for Leesburg as he led them to back-to-back Class 6A state titles. Ellis went on to average 12.7 points, 11 rebounds and two assists per game as a senior. Later Ellis played college basketball at Florida SouthWestern from 2018 to 2020 and then at Alabama from 2020 to 2022.
After going undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, Keon Ellis signed a two-way contract with the Sacramento Kings. Ellis averaged 11.4 points on 44.1% FG% and a terrific 46.9% as 3PT% along with solid all-around averages of 3.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game in the 2022 NBA Summer League. According to Spotrac, in February 2024, his contract was converted to a three-year rest-of-season contract by the Kings.
Keon Ellis's contract breakdown
How much is Keon Ellis getting paid?
During the 2024/25 NBA season, Keon Ellis is set to earn $2,120,693, as per Sportrac. Keon Ellis is on a three-year, $5,105,710 contract with the Sacramento Kings.
How much does Keon Ellis make in a minute?
Keon Ellis makes around $4.03 per minute. His annual salary for the 2024-25 NBA season is $2,120,693. One year is known to have 525,600 minutes. So dividing his total salary by the number of minutes available in a year, he earns $4.03 per minute.
Keon Ellis's career earnings
According to Spotrac, as of January 2025, Keon Ellis earned approximately $2.85 million from his NBA contracts.
What are the terms of Keon Ellis’s contract?
Keon Ellis is on a three-year, $5,105,710 contract with the Sacramento Kings. As per this contract’s guidelines, there is a team option for the 2025-26 season. As per Spotrac, the deadline to pick up the team option is June 29, 2025, and the contract becomes fully guaranteed on January 10, 2026.
How much of Keon Ellis’s contract is guaranteed?
According to Spotrac, $2.80 million from Ellis's total contract is guaranteed. As per the contract stipulations, the third year of the contract for the 2025-26 NBA season is not guaranteed.
Keon Ellis's contract history
According to Spotrac, these are all the contracts that Keon Ellis has signed in his career, as of January 2025
February 9, 2024
Keon Ellis’s two-way contract was converted into a three-year contract by the Sacramento Kings.
July 2, 2023
Keon Ellis signed a two-way contract with the Sacramento Kings.
FAQs on Keon Ellis
A. Keon Ellis’s jersey number is #23.
A. Keon Ellis plays as a shooting guard or point guard.
A. Keon Ellis has a wingspan of 6 feet 9 inches, as per his NBA 2K25 rating.
A. Keon Ellis is 6 feet 3 inches, as per his NBA 2K25 ratings.