{"id":595983,"date":"2026-02-11T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595983\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:08:11","slug":"what-ivica-zubac-is-most-looking-forward-to-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595983\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ivica Zubac is most looking forward to in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After several years with the Los Angeles Clippers, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/a6ed0970\/ivica-zubac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivica Zubac<\/a> is starting over again with a different team <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/los-angeles-clippers\/clippers-news-tyronn-lue-reacts-to-super-tough-ivica-zubac-trade-to-pacers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following his trade to the Indiana Pacers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While there are significant adjustments to be made on the part of Zubac as he embarks on a new journey in his pro career in the NBA, he is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/2021350795271340488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">excited about what is in store for him<\/a> on the court, especially once <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/a775093e\/tyrese-haliburton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> is back from an injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited that I\u2019m on a team with a point guard like him,\u201d the 28-year-old Zubac said about what he feels about the idea of playing alongside Haliburton (via Indiana&#8217;s X account).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s probably one of the best in the league at what he does,\u201d added the former second-round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers at the 2016 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Haliburton is not playing in the entire 2025-26 NBA season due to a devastating injury he suffered in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. It can be recalled that the former Iowa State Cyclones star <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/indiana-pacers\/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-leaves-nba-finals-game-7-thunder-calf-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tore his Achilles in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals<\/a> against the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>Without Haliburton running the show on the court for them, the Pacers have become one of the worst teams this season, as Indiana only has 13 wins to show through 54 games. With the Pacers in a seemingly transitional campaign, there is no <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/indiana-pacers\/pacers-news-is-ivica-zubac-indiana-debut-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">need for them to rush Zubac&#8217;s debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 7-foot, 240-pound center is dealing with an ankle issue and has yet to make his appearance in Indiana colors since the team acquired him from the Clippers along with Kobe Brown in exchange for Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson and a mix of future draft picks.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After several years with the Los Angeles Clippers, Ivica Zubac is starting over again with a different team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,113,126,3866,532,6,114,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-595983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-indiana","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-indianapacers","12":"tag-ivica-zubac","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-pacers","15":"tag-tyrese-haliburton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116050034930918452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595983","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=595983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}