As possibly the most-hyped second-round pick not named Patrick McCaw in NBA history, Ivica Zubac had a lot to live up to in his NBA debut. It might not be hyperbole to say he did so and more.
Zubac’s night starting in place of the injured Timofey Mozgov was not without blemishes to be sure, but he also flashed the type of raw potential that has so many half-seriously, half-facetiously so excited about him. Zubac scored the Lakers’ first two baskets of the evening on his way to a a 3-3, 100 percent shooting effort, and the kid is already a veteran when it comes to understanding how to keep his stats up.