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Ivica Zubac won't be flying completely blind in 2026-27, but he'll still be adjusting along the way. His offseason will be important, as will training camp. That's one advantage of getting the trade done in February, Zubac is a member of the Pacers for the entire offseason. Some of the team's assistant coaches, including Jenny Bouckey and Jim Boylen, have been with Zubac in Europe this summer. "Definitely helped with [getting] a feel for how this team wants to play, about the pace, about defensive coverages, the defensive rotations," Zubac said of what he got out of his abbreviated Pacers season. "Offensively, where they want me to be, what they want me to do. So it definitely helped. I wish [there] were more games to get a better feel for it. But I kind of understood what they want from me, and (I've) got the whole summer to get in the best shape of my life and get ready for the next year."

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