{"id":609830,"date":"2026-02-18T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609830\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:17:23","slug":"ivica-zubac-still-not-ready-for-pacers-debut-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609830\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivica Zubac Still Not Ready for Pacers Debut &#8211; NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/player-news\/ivica-zubac-still-not-ready-for-pacers-debut\/1815303\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"Permanent Link to Ivica Zubac Still Not Ready for Pacers Debut\" target=\"_blank\">Ivica Zubac Still Not Ready for Pacers Debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Share:<a class=\"share\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/player-news\/ivica-zubac-still-not-ready-for-pacers-debut\/1815303&amp;text=Ivica+Zubac+Still+Not+Ready+for+Pacers+Debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/twitter-logo-X-black-icon.png\"\/><\/a><a class=\"share\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/player-news\/ivica-zubac-still-not-ready-for-pacers-debut\/1815303&amp;title=Ivica+Zubac+Still+Not+Ready+for+Pacers+Debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reddit-round-icon.png\"\/><\/a><a class=\"share\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/player-news\/ivica-zubac-still-not-ready-for-pacers-debut\/1815303&amp;title=Ivica+Zubac+Still+Not+Ready+for+Pacers+Debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/facebook-round-icon.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Link copied to clipboard!<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"google-preferences-button\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=rotoballer.com\" style=\"line-height: 0 !important; text-align: end; width: 18%;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-18.png\" alt=\"Google Preferences\" class=\"google-preferences-image\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"player-news meta meta-post-time\" style=\"display:none;\">February 18, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Pacers center <a class=\"rbPlayer nba\" data-id=\"20001694\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/nba\/player\/20001694\/Ivica+Zubac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivica  Zubac<\/a> (ankle) isn&#8217;t ready to make his team debut when the season resumes on Thursday, Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star reports. The Croatian big man was a limited participant in Tuesday&#8217;s practice, and Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said after the session that it will be &#8220;a while&#8221; before Zubac is ready to play. The Pacers have the fourth-worst record in the league and aren&#8217;t in a rush to get Zubac back into the lineup. With him out, <a class=\"rbPlayer nba\" data-id=\"20002735\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/nba\/player\/20002735\/Jay+Huff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay  Huff<\/a>, <a class=\"rbPlayer nba\" data-id=\"20002727\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/nba\/player\/20002727\/Micah+Potter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micah  Potter<\/a>, and <a class=\"rbPlayer nba\" data-id=\"20003072\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/nba\/player\/20003072\/Kobe+Brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kobe  Brown<\/a> share minutes at center.&#8211;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/author\/meiejames\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taavi Pailk<\/a><br \/>Source: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/indystar.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/pacers\/2026\/02\/17\/ivica-zubac-trade-when-will-play-for-pacers\/88728186007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dustin Dopirak<\/a>                <\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ivica Zubac Still Not Ready for Pacers Debut Share: Link copied to clipboard! 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