{"id":653441,"date":"2026-03-11T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/653441\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:51:14","slug":"ivica-zubac-could-make-pacers-debut-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/653441\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivica Zubac Could Make Pacers Debut Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zubaciv01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ivica Zubac<\/a> is listed as questionable for the Pacers\u2018 game against the Suns on Thursday, says Tony East of Forbes Sports (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyREast\/status\/2031840158085996821?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This would mark Zubac\u2019s season debut with Indiana, who <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/clippers-to-trade-ivica-zubac-to-pacers.html?utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">traded<\/a> for him at the deadline with an eye to shoring up their frontcourt in the 2026\/27 season, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> returns from his ruptured Achilles.<\/p>\n<p>A season after being named to the Second Team All-Defense while averaging 16.8 points and 12.6 rebounds, Zubac has struggled with injuries this season. It was unclear if he would suit up for Indiana, especially since the 2026 first-round pick they traded for him is only protected from picks 1-to-4 and 10-to-30, making their end-of-year standing particularly important. The Pacers are currently 15-50 and sit in last place in the league.<\/p>\n<p>TJ McConnell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nembhan01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andrew Nembhard<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nesmiaa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aaron Nesmith<\/a> are all also considered questionable, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/siakapa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pascal Siakam<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jacksqu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quenton Jackson<\/a> are listed as doubtful for tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ivica Zubac is listed as questionable for the Pacers\u2018 game against the Suns on Thursday, says Tony East&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602237,"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],"class_list":{"0":"post-653441","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"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116212996065661873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653441","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=653441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}