Ivica Zubac has made little secret of his desire to model his own game after the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and Los Angeles Lakers’ great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Zubac’s first NBA basket was a hook shot, his teammates have compared him to Abdul-Jabbar and he’s even said he wants to be the Lakers’ next Kareem.
About a month ago, Abdul-Jabbar said he hoped to work with Zubac in some capacity, and it seems like that desire is very much mutual.
“I hope after summer league I get the chance to work out with Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar],” Zubac told Mark Medina of the Orange County Register, and after working on his hook shots with Lakers assistant Mark Madsen, he’s excited to learn from the master.