Ivica Zubac has been traded from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Indiana Pacers, ESPN insider Shams Charania reports. Along with the Croatian center, Kobe Brown was also sent to Indianapolis, while the Clippers received Benedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, two first-round draft picks and one second-round pick.
Pacers are currently ranked last, 15th in the NBA’s Eastern Conference in record 13-38while last season they lost in NBA Finals from Oklahoma City Thunder (4:3). Let’s remind you, they play the whole season without Tyrese Haliburtonthe team’s best player, who was injured in the NBA finals. Clippers are ninth in the West with the ratio 23-27.
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are trading Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/eu6KtWgA9j
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 5, 2026
Zubac recorded a double-double performance
This season, Zubac played very stably and effectively as the mainstay of the Clippers racket, regularly taking rebounds and often recording double-double results. On average it is at 14.4 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, with 61.3 % shooting from the field.
The Pacers will be the third NBA franchise for which the Croatian center will play. Zubac is in the NBA arrived in 2016 when the Los Angeles Lakers drafted him 32. by choice. He played for the Lakers for two and a half seasons, before being traded to the Clippers in February 2019 along with Michael Beasley in exchange for Mike Muscala.
He becomes the fifth Croatian in the Pacers
He played for the Clippers for almost seven years and was transferred to one of the the best centers in the league. He leaves the “City of Angels” as the second best rebounder in franchise history and the sixth best blocker, he reports Index.hr.
Zubac will become the fifth Croatian basketball player to wear the Pacers jersey. It all started with Žan Tabak (1999-2001) and Bruno Šundova (2000-2002), and continued with Damjan Rudež (2014-2015) and Bojan Bogdanović (2017-2019).
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