Breaking: Huge Clippers Pacers Trade Goes Down Before Deadline

The Los Angeles Clippers and Indiana Pacers have completed a blockbuster deal that sends Ivica Zubac to Indiana in exchange for Bennedict Mathurin as the key pieces in the deal.

BREAKING TRADE: Los Angeles Clippers have traded Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers! 🚨

Pacers receive:
Ivica Zubac
Kobe Brown

Clippers receive:
Bennedict Mathurin
Isaiah Jackson
TWO 1st round picks
ONE 2nd round pick

Who won the trade? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/SSxAyktZdP
— Courtside Buzz (@CourtsideBuzzX) February 5, 2026

The Pacers had to pay up big time for the Clippers big man, sending some massive draft compensation to LA, in addition to an exciting young scorer in Mathurin.

The LA Clippers had resisted trade offers for months for center Ivica Zubac, due in large part to teams not meeting their asking price of two first round picks and a young talented player.

Zubac is in the prime of his career and likely wouldn’t have fetched more in a trade than…
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) February 5, 2026