play Clippers get 5th pick after Pacers fall out of top 4 (0:16) The Clippers receive the fifth pick of the NBA draft due to the Ivica Zubac trade and the Pacers falling out of the top four in the lottery. (0:16) Tim Bontemps May 10, 2026, 05:20 PM ET Close Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what's impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast. After the Indiana Pacers found themselves on the wrong end of lottery luck Sunday, losing their 2026 first-round pick, president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard addressed a fanbase frustrated that a season full of losing didn't net a high draft choice, thanks to trading it to the LA Clippers for center Ivica Zubac in February.…