24 Facts About Sasha Pavlovic

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Aleksandar "Sasa" Pavlovic is a Serbian-Montenegrin basketball executive and former professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association, playing for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, Boston Celtics and the Portland Trail Blazers.

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Sasha Pavlovic represented the national basketball team of Serbia and Montenegro internationally.

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Sasha Pavlovic was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 19th pick in the 2003 NBA draft.

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Sasha Pavlovic scored a season-high 18 points on December 3,2003 against the Houston Rockets and grabbed nine rebounds on two occasions.

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Sasha Pavlovic was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in the expansion draft on June 22,2004, and was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 2007 first-round draft pick the next day.

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Sasha Pavlovic scored a season high 17 points on two occasions and scored in double digits on nine occasions.

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Sasha Pavlovic scored a season high 21 points on February 21,2006 against the Orlando Magic.

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8.

Sasha Pavlovic played three minutes over three playoff games and recorded only one rebound.

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Sasha Pavlovic scored 20 points or more on seven occasions, including a new career-high 25 points on March 13,2007 against the Sacramento Kings.

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Approximately two weeks later, Sasha Pavlovic had a career-high six three-point field goals made against the New York Knicks.

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Sasha Pavlovic had playoff highs of 17 points in a game 2 victory over the New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and nine rebounds in a game 5 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals.

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Sasha Pavlovic injured his left foot on January 23,2008 in a game against the Washington Wizards.

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13.

Sasha Pavlovic started but was held scoreless in 9 minutes of action.

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Sasha Pavlovic became trade bait as talks with the Phoenix Suns were rekindled from earlier in the season and on June 25,2009, he, Ben Wallace, and the 46th overall pick were traded to Phoenix for Shaquille O'Neal.

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On February 4,2011, Sasha Pavlovic signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Hornets.

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Sasha Pavlovic's contract expired following the 2011 playoffs and he returned to Montenegro to work out for the summer.

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17.

Sasha Pavlovic played 15 minutes without attempting a shot or scoring a point.

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18.

On July 20,2012, Sasha Pavlovic was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in a three-team deal.

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19.

On December 1,2014, Sasha Pavlovic returned to Partizan and signed a contract for the rest of the season.

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20.

On July 9,2015, Sasha Pavlovic signed a one-year contract with the Greek club Panathinaikos.

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21.

Sasha Pavlovic was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro Under-20 national team and played at the 2002 European Under-20 Championships in Lithuania.

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Sasha Pavlovic was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro national team at the 2004 Olympic Games, playing in four games, averaging 3.

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23.

In December 2018, Sasha Pavlovic was named a board member of Partizan Belgrade under presidency of Ostoja Mijailovic.

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24.

Sasha Pavlovic is married to Dunja, with whom he has three children—Luka, Minja and Andrej.

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