The Clippers and beginning middle Ivica Zubac have reached an settlement on a three-year, $58.6M extension, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN is reporting.
Zubac was getting into his stroll yr and can make $11,743,210 subsequent season. The extension will run via the 2027-28 season and was the utmost three-year deal out there to him below the collective bargaining settlement.
Zubac is the 14th participant to signal a veteran extension because the finish of final season, Bobby Marks of ESPN notes.
Zubac, who entered the league in 2016 with the Lakers, posted profession highs of 11.7 factors and 9.2 rebounds in 26.4 minutes final season. A standard middle who doesn’t enterprise out to the three-point line, Zubac shot 64.9% from the sector through the previous marketing campaign. The 27-year-old additionally averaged 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocks.
Zubac is solidly entrenched because the Clippers’ beginning middle. Kawhi Leonard signed a three-year extension in January and the workforce brought back guard James Harden on a two-year deal however misplaced their different star ahead, Paul George, to Philadelphia in free company. The Clippers are changing him within the lineup with Derrick Jones, who was signed to a three-year deal in free company.