US EditionPacers Trade Mathurin, Picks for Clippers Center Ivica Zubac: Report
The Pacers secured Ivica Zubac to fill their starting center role after losing Myles Turner, trading Mathurin, Jackson, and two first-round picks to the Clippers.
- The Los Angeles Clippers traded Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers, with Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, and two first-round picks heading to Los Angeles, sources said.
- The Pacers acquired Zubac to replace longtime starter Myles Turner, who left in free agency last summer, with Zubac under contract for two more seasons at around $20 million each.
- This season, Zubac is averaging 14.4 points and 11 rebounds while shooting 61.3% from the field, and he broke out last season with All-Defensive second team honors.
- The move followed the Clippers trading James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Garland just days earlier, as the Clippers received young players and draft capital, altering their roster and assets.
- Looking at the roster picture, Zubac's defensive breakout and two-season contract position the Pacers with a future starting center, affecting their long-term plans.
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This season, he scored 17.8 points per game with the Indiana Pacers.
Los Angeles Clippers basketball player Ivica Zubac will move to Indiana, as part of the exchange of players in the American professional basketball league (NBA), the American media stated today.
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The Clippers are trading center Ivica Zubac, the team’s longest-tenured active player and cornerstone to their offense, to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday in an unexpected move an hour before the NBA trade deadline. The trade includes Kobe Brown, a third-year guard, in return for wing Bennedict Mathurin, big man Isaiah Jackson, two first-round picks and one second-round pick. Zubac, who turns 29 next month, has been viewed as the player with the …
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