“On June 25, 2014, Ellington, along with Shane Larkin, Jos? Calder?n, Samuel Dalembert and two 2014 second-round picks, was traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton.[11] On August 6, 2014, he was traded again, this time to the Sacramento Kings, along with Jeremy Tyler and a 2016 second round pick, in exchange for Quincy Acy and Travis Outlaw.[12] On September 3, 2014, he was waived by the Kings.[13]
On September 22, 2014, Ellington signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.[14] On November 11, 2014, he took an indefinite leave of absence from the Lakers after his father was shot and killed in Philadelphia.[15] He returned to action on November 21, 2014. On January 27, 2015, he scored a career-high 28 points in a 98–92 loss to the Washington Wizards.[16] He finished the season having played 65 games after being ruled out for the rest of the season on April 2, 2015 with a shoulder injury.”