Ivica Zubac on Guarding Nikola Jokić, Getting Dunked On and starting his first NBA Game

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

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  • @juliansallaberger8380
    @juliansallaberger8380 Год назад +116

    really fuck with him as a person!
    humble guy + really solid player

  • @arlenemartinez778
    @arlenemartinez778 Год назад +43

    Zubac, thank you again Lakers for the giveaway.
    He’s so agile in the paint, team player.. love our Clipper center..

  • @flipsolo
    @flipsolo Год назад +194

    Its amazing he has legit American accent, a SoCal one at that.

    • @deeznutz8320
      @deeznutz8320 Год назад +51

      His English is really really good, he sounds American honestly

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 Год назад +3

      Makes me think he is as smart off the court as he is on it

    • @osas5211
      @osas5211 Год назад +1

      😂 it’s not that drastic lol it’s soo faint

    • @BSABD315
      @BSABD315 Год назад +7

      its like the easiest language to learn when you speak another language i promise its not that impressive

    • @ananijedzankic
      @ananijedzankic Год назад +21

      @@BSABD315 yes it is impressive. its relatively easy to learn sure. but he pronounces really well almost to the level of a native

  • @milospopovic4878
    @milospopovic4878 Год назад +134

    He is probably the only balkan guy who speaks English like his name is Tyrone and not Dragan, Ivan or Boris.

  • @millg7252
    @millg7252 Год назад +74

    Ivica speaks really good English. Well done buddy.

  • @vladimirmihajlovic2485
    @vladimirmihajlovic2485 Год назад +48

    Ivice, svaka ti čast!!

  • @patricija4179
    @patricija4179 Год назад +395

    As a Serb i can tell you that dude speaks English better than Croatian💀

    • @DarioP44
      @DarioP44 Год назад +84

      As a Croatian I can cofirm what my Serbian sister said

    • @leondonadic417
      @leondonadic417 Год назад +5

      the more east you go the wilder thee accents get

    • @strelicijum
      @strelicijum Год назад +23

      As a Serb you should know that Croatian language does not exist.

    • @patricija4179
      @patricija4179 Год назад

      @@strelicijum if i can clearly notice if you are from Croatia or Serbia based on your language, that's good enough for me. Neću reagovati više na tvoje komentare druže deluješ kancerogeno.

    • @strelicijum
      @strelicijum Год назад +12

      @@patricija4179 Those are just different dialects of Serbian language. Like people in the USA don't speak American, they speak English.

  • @vukans595
    @vukans595 Год назад +38

    He's cool, relaxed guy!

  • @MM-jc7uv
    @MM-jc7uv Год назад +45

    Usually when foreign guys speak English like this it’s because they were raised in the US but no, this guy was born and raised in Croatia yet speaks like he grew up in California

    • @miodragmarkovic3124
      @miodragmarkovic3124 Год назад +9

      he was born and raised in Herzegovina

    • @nofear7578
      @nofear7578 Год назад

      You can tell because he uses the word "like" very very much. Its a nice tell to know someone isnt a native speaker.

    • @jsm2687
      @jsm2687 Год назад +15

      @@nofear7578 he actually sounds like a black dude

    • @kinidiosodlosios6892
      @kinidiosodlosios6892 Год назад

      @@jsm2687 Balkan men got deep voice often

    • @MaChKuLjA
      @MaChKuLjA Год назад +2

      ​@@nofear7578by that logic 89% of born Americans aren't native.

  • @anonymouslakernerd7214
    @anonymouslakernerd7214 Год назад +7

    It's wild to see Zu's accent change over the years.

  • @rafaelsegovia6127
    @rafaelsegovia6127 Год назад +3

    Damn, he talks like a brother! 😮

  • @noyce.
    @noyce. Год назад +5

    Batum getting some love at the end. Noice

  • @frankc6195
    @frankc6195 Год назад +2

    dude seems cool af. very likable

  • @nusproizvodjach
    @nusproizvodjach Год назад +10

    Damn, his accent is immaculate

  • @BIGNEM
    @BIGNEM Год назад +4

    Idemo brate Iviceeeee

  • @ricktan4577
    @ricktan4577 Год назад +19

    I feel like the 3 host don't know much about hoop, my opinion but the conversation is proof

    • @MrRdsmasterful
      @MrRdsmasterful Год назад +2

      Had the same thought as soon as I heard “Steph and LeBron gonna get smoked”

    • @lorisstaric7851
      @lorisstaric7851 Год назад +5

      @@MrRdsmasterful brother, the last 3 mvps are international and very possibly fourth incoming. Steph and bron would get smoked.

    • @MrRdsmasterful
      @MrRdsmasterful Год назад +1

      @@lorisstaric7851 the last 4 mvps were international players and the 11 before tht were American players. 6 of those 11 were Lebron and Steph.
      If international players could easily smoke the NBA’s best, they would be in the NBA because it’s the highest paying basketball league.

    • @lorisstaric7851
      @lorisstaric7851 Год назад +1

      @@MrRdsmasterful yeah you are right its the last four mvps, even better, but what the fuck are you talking about in that second paragraph? I didnt say all international players ever are better than americans. Its a simple 5v5 and currently internatiomals have the better 5.

    • @MrRdsmasterful
      @MrRdsmasterful Год назад

      @@lorisstaric7851 I never said every international player ever is better. You said tht the last 3 MVPs are international and then said Steph & Bron would get smoked. Are you saying the last 3 MVPs would smoke Steph & Bron?

  • @christopherkettler8727
    @christopherkettler8727 Год назад +13

    You can tell he learned English from black dudes it's interesting

  • @mr.bellefleur
    @mr.bellefleur Год назад +3

    Happy zubac going crazy

  • @YakosIoakim
    @YakosIoakim Год назад +3

    He looks cool without issues, nice

  • @mannyismood11
    @mannyismood11 Год назад +1

    2:20 fax he was getting like 15 mill a year back in 2015-18

  • @AllinOne-dg3dk
    @AllinOne-dg3dk Год назад

    we love BIG ZU

  • @pashapasovski5860
    @pashapasovski5860 Год назад +2

    My English is pretty good accent wise, I don't get from people that meet me,oh where are you from question! I used to, many years ago when I moved to New York from Belgrade, but Zubac sounds American born,a city accent probably picked up from teammates!

  • @_.whoischandler
    @_.whoischandler Год назад +1

    Zubac been out there in la eating roscoes hanging with Pat bev and them 😂😂😂

  • @samt.sabino6457
    @samt.sabino6457 Год назад +3

    Dude made me forget he’s Croatian

  • @tankshot3256
    @tankshot3256 Год назад +7

    I feel bad for Zubs every time he got switched to Luka or left on an island

    • @steviechampagne
      @steviechampagne Год назад +1

      hahaha Luka cooks him up every time😂😂😂

    • @kinidiosodlosios6892
      @kinidiosodlosios6892 Год назад +1

      @@steviechampagne thats a obvious mismatch its coaches fault

    • @lourencoteles8414
      @lourencoteles8414 Год назад

      They always play him either in drop coverage (and Luka feasts on that shit) or they switch and he's literally a tree on the perimeter

  • @RicoBanani
    @RicoBanani Год назад +18

    man having an accent and speaking good english are too different things

  • @NBGD22
    @NBGD22 Год назад +2

    Veliki Zu je odlican

  • @dgodm7541
    @dgodm7541 Год назад +16

    Never heard dude talk

    • @00Dom
      @00Dom Год назад +5

      Ong I expected an Accent

    • @mawashi98
      @mawashi98 Год назад +2

      @@00Dom People from Balkan, south Europe (Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro...) dont have accent when they spoke English. East Europeans have that accent you've come to expect .

    • @luf4rall
      @luf4rall Год назад +3

      @@mawashi98 he had an accent when he was drafted but he's improved his English a lot since then

    • @luf4rall
      @luf4rall Год назад

      @@mawashi98 ruclips.net/video/-AUmF1ACfi4/видео.html

    • @1985cactus
      @1985cactus Год назад

      @@mawashi98 Bullshit. We have an accent.

  • @MAXPAUERv
    @MAXPAUERv Год назад +1

    Dirk or Hakeem? I'm surprised he didn't said Drazen

  • @hollywoodjayyy7700
    @hollywoodjayyy7700 Год назад

    That bol bol tee 🔥

  • @mosesmaione3153
    @mosesmaione3153 Год назад +17

    His first mention was Embiid who has the highest career ppg against the clippers of All-time

  • @vukforest223
    @vukforest223 Год назад +3

    Ivica”Nick Kyrgios” Zubac 😂

  • @AC2k14GOD
    @AC2k14GOD Год назад +6

    i love that every player in the league respects KD

  • @cavemanyogi150
    @cavemanyogi150 Год назад +2

    I keep hearing a Viet accent from Zu for some reason.

  • @luisdanielvega99
    @luisdanielvega99 Год назад +1

    yet another player saying the nba is less physical, its just common sense

  • @plumeria66
    @plumeria66 Год назад +2

    Zubac is one of those Europeans who look like they have some East Asian DNA in them.

  • @MKIVD
    @MKIVD Год назад +3

    Bro Zu speaks like English is his primary language

  • @DamienYuen7718
    @DamienYuen7718 Год назад +3

    Lakers should have kept Zubac.

    • @csar2976
      @csar2976 Год назад +1

      GM LeBum James didn't see a future with Zubac.
      GM LeBum James knew he was going to trade the future for AD.

    • @manz7860
      @manz7860 Месяц назад

      ​@@csar2976 did the same thing with Dwight and McGee.
      LeGM saw Westbrick on the market and assumed the big 3 would be able to carry the roster.

  • @33bigmoney
    @33bigmoney Год назад +9

    so far i seen he had most trouble guarding Doncic but ok the question was about centers

    • @yerrr2792
      @yerrr2792 Год назад +10

      Nobody can guard doncic lol

    • @TheDonUrbas
      @TheDonUrbas Год назад

      @@domido6693 switch

  • @something34100
    @something34100 Год назад

    How do they not have Jamal Murry on the international squad?

  • @AndreMillerSwag
    @AndreMillerSwag Год назад +3

    Why Ivica Talk like he one or us lmfao that’s my nigga lol

  • @almostawesome5934
    @almostawesome5934 Год назад +4

    Man looking at that bol bol shirt really makes me wonder what could have been if we somehow got him and jokic chemistry

    • @AndreMillerSwag
      @AndreMillerSwag Год назад

      You don’t know basketball if you think BOLBOL is ever gonna be on a championship roster he was traded cuz he couldn’t gel with Jokić lmfao that’s how you know someone is detrimental to your team

  • @AndreMillerSwag
    @AndreMillerSwag Год назад +2

    You know Jokić is the hardest guard for him cuz he making up the most excuses for him lmfao

  • @eddiewrathchild2016
    @eddiewrathchild2016 Год назад +4

    Ivica "Like" Zubac.

  • @petercoholan1451
    @petercoholan1451 Год назад

    all international, drop Fournier and put Murray at the 2, that isn't recency bias, that's just facts !

  • @TremainHaywood
    @TremainHaywood Год назад

    Grant gave bro a black eye hahahahah

  • @bmx7596
    @bmx7596 Год назад +1

    dude looks the same for the last 15 years

  • @nkrumansantos1794
    @nkrumansantos1794 Год назад +2

    Hosts talk too much.
    To talk as much as this, it’s better to not have a guest.

  • @jacktheleper4468
    @jacktheleper4468 День назад

    bro got himself a gnarly hairline

  • @BSABD315
    @BSABD315 Год назад +1

    chocolate shoulders lmaoooo

  • @TremainHaywood
    @TremainHaywood Год назад +3

    Bruh I tried to play his number 1 artist lol like overseas hip-hop pop damn nare black face

    • @yvans.
      @yvans. Год назад

      When did he talked about it ?

    • @emps8992
      @emps8992 Год назад +1

      ????

    • @SugarBlood15
      @SugarBlood15 Год назад +4

      Rap and hip hop in Europe , especially in the Balkans (Croatia, Serbia) started in the 80s bro. We got some old heads for real.

  • @YouDaMAL
    @YouDaMAL Год назад

    This is the play Zubac is describing: ruclips.net/video/RCYOIP7O1Es/видео.html&ab_channel=DeepHoops

  • @EbizzerHH
    @EbizzerHH Год назад

    Luka's son talking about the Joker and KD... wtf? ;)

  • @JabezMadFlavor
    @JabezMadFlavor Год назад +2

    Zubac is too fluent in English.

  • @raizen4271
    @raizen4271 Год назад +1

    he speaks like an american

  • @robertbloom4424
    @robertbloom4424 Год назад +1

    Team International would be crazy. Jokic, Embiid (slide him to the 4), Antetokunpo (at the 3), Luka, and Shai as your starting 5?! I think Team International wins.

    • @bjarkemadsboll
      @bjarkemadsboll Год назад

      I would actually put Embiid at 5 and Joker at 4.
      Obviously the US team would have better depth, but that starting 5 on the international team…YIKES!!

  • @Dejan173
    @Dejan173 Год назад +4

    Momčina

  • @nofear7578
    @nofear7578 Год назад +1

    Drinking game. Take a shot everytime he says "like"

  • @manz7860
    @manz7860 Месяц назад

    Waffle house wasnt anything to write home about. Sorry to all my black homies lol.

  • @yemuppet8102
    @yemuppet8102 Год назад +4

    If he stops saying "like" his English would be perfect. Many people are saying it and it's annoying as f.

    • @ApatLang
      @ApatLang Год назад +1

      that's just how Californians talk but yes it's annoying