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Lakers News: Luke Walton Believes Ivica Zubac Used Poor Summer League Performance As Motivation

One of the biggest surprises for the Los Angeles Lakers last season was the emergence of rookie second-round pick Ivica Zubac, who started a handful of games for the team towards the end of the season.

Because of that expectations were high for Zubac going into the Las Vegas Summer League, but Zubac failed to meet them as he seemed to be a bit out of shape and couldn’t keep up with the fast pace the Lakers were playing at.

Zubac has looked good so far in training camp though, as according to head coach Luke Walton he used his poor summer league performance as motivation to come into camp in shape, via the Lakers official Facebook page:

“He was disappointed in it.