When Ivica Zubac was asked which teammate he was most excited to play alongside with the Indiana Pacers, his answer came without hesitation: Tyrese Haliburton.
The Brooklyn Nets and Indiana Pacers don't have much to play for at this point in the season. The two teams are No. 13 and No. 14 in the Eastern Conference right now, a long ways away from playoff contention.
“This team needs a center like me, and I need a team like this.” That’s what newly acquired Ivica Zubac told Jake Query during a radio interview Tuesday afternoon, offering a clear understanding of why this partnership makes sense for both sides.
The Indiana Pacers have known for so long that the 2025-26 season is a wash, and that they’re only biding time in preparation for their expected return to contention the following season.
Good players tend to succeed in the NBA. Sometimes, though, they find themselves in terrible situations but still find ways to over-achieve. These are the 20 players who carried the worst NBA teams.
Rookie Kam Jones hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16.8 seconds left as the Indiana Pacers stormed back from an 18-point deficit and earned a 115-110 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday night in New York.
The Clippers were resistant for most of the season to the idea of trading Ivica Zubac, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link), who says that even after last week’s James Harden deal with Cleveland, there was a sense that L.A.
The NBA has long been rumored to expand from 30 teams to 32. Following the Super Bowl, Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News reported that the NBA’s Board of Governors is expected to vote on expansion this summer, with Seattle and Las Vegas viewed as the frontrunners for new franchises.
On Tuesday afternoon via Zoom, Indiana Pacers newly acquired center Ivica Zubac met with local media to discuss his fit with the reigning 2025 Eastern Conference champions.
Offense, offense and more offense, that was the name of the game in this one as the Indiana Pacers were able to outduel the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden to notch just their 14th win of the season.
The emotional farewells have been done. But perhaps the biggest whiplash for the Clippers fans in the trade season is that the Pacers don’t have any plans for Ivica Zubac immediately.
Quenton Jackson scored seven points in overtime Tuesday night for the visiting Indiana Pacers, who outlasted the New York Knicks 137-134 in a back-and-forth clash between the Eastern Conference rivals.
Indiana Pacers forward Johnny Furphy is expected to miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, multiple outlets reported Monday. Furphy injured his right knee on an awkward landing following a dunk in the third quarter of Sunday's 122-104 loss to the host Toronto Raptors.
If you thought the basketball gods had finally run out of lightning bolts to hurl at the Indiana Pacers during this absolute train wreck of a 2025-26 season, think again with Johnny Furphy injuring his leg.
The Pacers bench was a scene of visible distress towards the end of the Pacers-Raptors game yesterday. Their brutal season that began with Tyrese Haliburton’s 2025 Finals injury has continued into 2026 with another setback.