{"id":103553,"date":"2025-06-17T00:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/103553\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T00:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T00:13:11","slug":"clippers-not-interested-in-trading-ivica-zubac-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/103553\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers Not Interested in Trading Ivica Zubac This Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clippers Not Interested in Trading Ivica Zubac This Offseason<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite not appearing on his list of preferred trade destinations, the Los Angeles Clippers still seem to be in the mix for Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n

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According to recent reports, that list only includes the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

However, a new report from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst (via NBA Central<\/a>) revealed that the Phoenix Suns aren’t interested in what those teams have had to offer in exchange for the 15-time All-Star.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it appears the Suns actually are interested in one particular piece of the Clippers’ roster.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica ZubacRobert Edwards-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

In a recent post for The Stein Line, Jake L Fischer<\/a> reveled that Ivica Zubac is a player that would interest the Suns in a deal for Durant.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Suns, Zubac won’t be an option for them as Fischer also added that the Clippers have no interest in trading Zubac.<\/p>\n

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“We’ve been consistently told LA has no desire to part with Ivica Zubac…”<\/p>\n

This makes a ton of sense for the Clippers. Giving up Zubac would completely change how they need to play.<\/p>\n

Despite having very little help around him down low, Zubac was a dominant interior defender this past season. It’s a big part of why the Clippers finished in the top five in points allowed.<\/p>\n

Giving him up would leave the Clippers with absolutely no options down low and likely looking to fill his spot with a lesser free agent option.<\/p>\n

Landing Durant would be huge for the Clippers, but the move would be a whole lot less beneficial if they have to give up Zubac in the process.<\/p>\n

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Luckily for them, the market for Durant hasn’t been as robust as it initially seemed, so there may still be a chance they can get a deal done with just a couple of first rounders and some solid veterans.<\/p>\n

Related: Lavar Ball Sends Message to Clippers About Potential Trade for His Son<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: $60 Million Former All-Star Named a Potential Trade Target for Clippers<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 16, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clippers Not Interested in Trading Ivica Zubac This Offseason originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Despite not appearing on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,2949,559,194,532,938,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,189,6,472,474],"class_list":{"0":"post-103553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brian-windhorst","10":"tag-clippers","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-ivica-zubac","13":"tag-kevin-durant","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-la-clippers","16":"tag-laclippers","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-losangelesclippers","21":"tag-miami-heat","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-phoenix-suns","24":"tag-san-antonio-spurs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114695818848019880","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}