Los Angeles Clippers big man Ivica Zubac has agreed on a three-year, $58.6 million contract extension with the Clippers according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Croatian center gets the maximum salary extension available for his three seasons and now is guaranteed four years and $70 million overall.

The 7’0 Zubac averaged a career-high 11.7 points and 9.2 rebounds for the Clippers – including 16.2 points in their Western Conference playoff series loss to the Mavericks.

After starting his NBA career with the Lakers, Zubac has played the last 6 seasons with the Clippers, being their starting center for the majority of his time there. Zubac has played 390 games with the team, starting 348 of them. He has career averages of 10 points and 8.4 rebounds with the Clippers and 11.7 and 9.2 rebounds overall for his career.

ANALYSIS: The 27-year-old Zubac figures out to be featured in a more prominent role on offense as he enters his prime years. With Paul George out, there will be more shots in the offense open for everyone else in the team to help out Kawhi Leonard. Zubac has developed a budding chemistry with James Harden last season and this could only improve further as they get in more reps playing with each other. Zubac has also shown flashes of a post-game – a vital part of his progression as a big man in the NBA with an ever developing offense rather than just being a rim-running center.