The Clippers and starting center Ivica Zubac have reached an agreement on a three-year, $58.6M extension, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN is reporting.
Zubac was entering his walk year and will make $11,743,210 next season. The extension will run through the 2027-28 season and was the maximum three-year deal available to him under the collective bargaining agreement.
Zubac is the 14th player to sign a veteran extension since the end of last season, Bobby Marks of ESPN notes.
Zubac, who entered the league in 2016 with the Lakers, posted career highs of 11.7 points and 9.2 rebounds in 26.4 minutes last season. A traditional center who doesn’t venture out to the three-point line, Zubac shot 64.9% from the field during the past campaign. The 27-year-old also averaged 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocks.
Zubac is solidly entrenched as the Clippers’ starting center. Kawhi Leonard signed a three-year extension in January and the team brought back guard James Harden on a two-year deal but lost their other star forward, Paul George, to Philadelphia in free agency. The Clippers are replacing him in the lineup with Derrick Jones, who was signed to a three-year deal in free agency.
