Ivica Zubac
Zubac with the Lakers during the 2016 NBA Summer League
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| No. 40 – Los Angeles Lakers | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||
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March 18, 1997 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 32nd overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2013–2014 | Zrinjevac | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Cibona | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Mega Leks | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | →Los Angeles D-Fenders | ||||||||||||
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Ivica Zubac (Croatian pronunciation: [iʋit͡sa zubat͡s], i-VI-tsa ZU-buts; born 18 March 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Lakers in the second round of the 2016 NBA draft.
Zubac came through the youth ranks of Cibona Zagreb and then played for KK Zrinjevac Zagreb in the second Croatian division during the 2013–14 season. He made the roster of Cibona Zagreb's men's team the following season, becoming a part of a group of prospects including Nik Slavica and Ante Žižić after the departure of Dario Šarić. He played in Croatia's top-tier A1 league and in the Adriatic League his first year and also saw action in the FIBA Europe Cup his second year. In February 2016, he left Cibona because of the financial difficulties of the team, and signed with Mega Leks of Serbia.
On June 23, 2016, Zubac was selected with the 32nd overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. On July 7, he signed with the Lakers and joined the team for the 2016 NBA Summer League. Zubac made his NBA debut on November 2, 2016, scoring six points as the fill-in starter for Timofey Mozgov, as the Lakers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 123–116. After appearing in only 10 NBA games over the first half of the season, Zubac had a season-best game on January 17, 2017 against the Denver Nuggets. He put together his first double-double, scoring 11 points and pulling down a team-high 13 rebounds. He also had three blocked shots in the 127–121 loss. On January 31, 2017, he scored a career-high 17 points in a 120–116 win over the Denver Nuggets. During his rookie season, Zubac has had multiple assignments with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the Lakers' D-League affiliate.
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