.JPG) Kaun at the 2011 PBL All-Star Game | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 8, 1985 Tomsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Florida Air Academy (Melbourne, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Kansas (2004–2008) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2008: 2nd round, 56th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2008–2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 24, 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | →Canton Charge | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Alexander "Sasha" Olegovich Kaun (Russian: Александр Олегович Каун, born May 8, 1985) is a Russian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for the University of Kansas for four seasons, where he won an NCAA championship in 2008 before being selected with the 56th overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2008 NBA draft. He played seven seasons in Russia for CSKA Moscow. In 2015, he returned to the United States and played his only NBA season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he won an NBA championship in 2015–16. Kaun became one of the first Russians, along with Timofey Mozgov, in NBA history to win an NBA championship. He also represented Russia in the 2012 Summer Olympics.