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Ivica Zubac Rumors
Look for Tyronn Lue, who likes big lineups, to experiment with playing Lopez and Zubac together. “I think we complement each other extremely well,” Lopez said. “Obviously, we’ll be very big. I think we’d be great defensively, just dominating the paint, sealing the paint off. Then offensively, we complement each other there as well, spread the floor for him, give him all the room in the paint for them to go wild.”
Law Murray: Lawrence Frank is happy with Clippers adding veteran front court help in the form of John Collins and Brook Lopez Mentioned that Clippers can experiment and play Lopez and Ivica Zubac TOGETHER
The Los Angeles Clippers have also lurked with interest in Durant. The Suns have done background work on Clippers guard Norman Powell and gauged his value across the league in case Phoenix and Los Angeles ever agreed on a Durant trade, league sources told HoopsHype. Phoenix would assuredly try to pry Clippers 28-year-old starting center Ivica Zubac, who averaged 16.8 points and 12.6 rebounds, in any talks for Durant, league sources told HoopsHype. The Clippers, however, highly value Zubac and would be reluctant to part with him.
Clippers don't want to trade Ivica Zubac despite Suns' interest in him
We've been consistently told LA has no desire to part with Ivica Zubac ... as much as Phoenix surely covets the consistently improving center. The Clippers, however, do hold two future first-round picks and some available swap rights to sweeten a potential Durant offer that would almost certainly require the inclusion of Norman Powell, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Derrick Jones Jr. Phoenix has surely recognized that it lacks a bonafide starting center. Which is why, amidst all of the various Suns topics in circulation, they are said to be highly intrigued by the prospect of adding a floor-spacing big man this offseason to address that weakness.
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Kevin Durant linked to Clippers?
Radio Talk Show host on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM in Phoenix John Gambadoro went on air to talk about some teams that could be interested in Durant, with a sleeper team now in the mix. "The one team that I think there will be communication [with]...this may be the Suns reaching out to them or them reaching out to the Suns or just mutual interest...is the Clippers," Gambadoro said. He continued to say, "We've never talked about the Clippers before but they got [Ivica] Zubac, they got [Kris] Dunn, they got [Norman] Powell, they got Derrick Jones [Jr.]. I'll have to look at what their draft capital is but the Clippers are a team that I heard."
Evan Mobley, Draymond Green headline 1st Team All-Defense for 2024-25
Shams Charania: 2024-25 NBA All-Defensive teams: First team: Evan Mobley, Draymond Green, Dyson Daniels, Lu Dort, Amen Thompson Second team: Toumani Camara, Rudy Gobert, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Ivica Zubac
Law Murray: Lawrence Frank has said multiple times in this presser that he hopes that James Harden will be selected to All-NBA team Adds that he believes that Ivica Zubac should be an All-Star next season. Related: 2026 All-Star Weekend is at Intuit Dome.
Justin Russo: “It was a good regular season,” Ivica Zubac said. “But we don’t play for the regular season. We play for the playoffs. We play for the championship. We went out in the first round.”
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David Adelman needed to make a point before Game 7. But he also knows Nikola Jokic might need to help himself more than he did in Game 6 if that point doesn’t get across. “Nikola gets fouled a lot,” Denver’s interim coach said after a 111-105 loss to the Clippers on Thursday. “I’m not sure what was happening tonight, but for him to shoot two free throws with the amount of contact that was going on out there was absolutely crazy.” The Nuggets are hosting a winner-take-all game Saturday in part because Jokic’s second half of Game 6 — a 2-for-9 shooting performance in Los Angeles that was stamped by Ivica Zubac’s fortitude against drives and post-ups.
The Clippers chased down a loose rebound, and Game 6 was effectively over. “It’s a good conversation. … I think he felt, driving the close-outs with Zubac, if he gets by him, he’s creating offense for other people,” Adelman said when asked if he thinks Jokic should’ve shot more 3s. “Aaron’s playing behind the defense. It creates corner 3s. Things like that. But probably (want to) have a better mix on Saturday. Let that thing fly a little bit, especially when Zubac is down the floor. “You know Nikola. Everything he does is trying to be the most unselfish player he can be. Saturday, maybe we need a little more selfishness from the 3-point line.”
Ramona Shelburne: According to @ESPNStatsInfo Nikola Jokic was 5-14 with Ivica Zubac as his primary defender in Game 6, including 1-8 in the 2nd half.
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