Ivica Zubac

BIOGRAPHY

Ivica Zubac was born on March 18th, 1997, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a center in the NBA.

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 level 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.

Zubac represented the Croatian junior national team during the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He averaged 17.6 points and 7.9 rebounds a contest during the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Greece, while receiving All-World Championship Under-19 Second Team honors from the European basketball website eurobasket.com. Zubac averaged double digits in scoring (15.8 points per game) and rebounding (12.9 rebounds per game), to go along with 3.0 blocks per game at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, while making the all-tournament second team.

In the 2016 NBA draft, Zubac was picked by the Los Angeles Lakers. He signed and joined the team for the NBA Summer League. On November 2nd, he Zubac made his NBA debut by scoring 6 points as he filled in for Timofey Mozgov against the Atlanta Hawks. On the 2018-19 season, Zubac scored a career-high 26 point along with 12 rebounds including a career high 6 offensive rebounds againt the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 138-128 overtime win. 

On February 7th, 2019, the Lakers traded Zubac to the LA Clippers.