Kawhi Leonard keeps it real on Ivica Zubac trade to Pacers

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• Kawhi Leonard keeps it real on Ivica Zubac trade to Pacers

  The LA Clippers made a couple of surprising moves at the NBA trade deadline, first sending star guard James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a trade for Darius Garland. The second move might’ve been even more surprising, with the Clippers trading Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers for Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, and a […] The post Kawhi Leonard keeps it real on Ivica Zubac trade to Pacers appeared first on ClutchPoints .

  Publisher:ClutchPointsArticle published: 2026-02-09 21:16:58 UTC

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• Tears and tough decisions: Clippers' trade of Harden and Zubac took emotional toll

  To go from being the oldest team in the NBA to a younger version, the Los Angeles Clippers traded away two-fifths of their starting lineup in 11-time All-Star James Harden and Ivica Zubac. At least not until the team received what Lawrence Frank called “a Godfather-type offer” — one too good to refuse — from the Indiana Pacers for Zubac. “Not only did we want to win today,” Frank, the team's president of basketball operations, said, “we also need to build a quote unquote better tomorrow.”

  Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAArticle published: 2026-02-09 21:50:45 UTC

• What Lawrence Frank said about Aspiration investigation after Clippers' James Harden, Ivica Zubac trades

  Recently, the Los Angeles Clippers surprised many at the NBA trade deadline by trading James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers. The moves seemed geared to building for the future in Los Angeles, despite the fact that the Clippers had been playing some of the best basketball in the […] The post What Lawrence Frank said about Aspiration investigation after Clippers’ James Harden, Ivica Zubac trades appeared first on ClutchPoints .

  Publisher:ClutchPointsArticle published: 2026-02-10 16:33:22 UTC