# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sasha-kaun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:47:17.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sasha-kaun"
name: "Sasha Kaun"
slug: "sasha-kaun"
description: "Alexander \"Sasha\" Olegovich Kaun 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. In doing so, Kaun became one of the first two Russians in history, along with teammate Timofey Mozgov, to win an NBA championship. He also represented Russia in the 2012 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Russian basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sasha_Kaun_at_all-star_PBL_game_2011_(1).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1985-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.49
  momentum:             4.163306451612903
  historical:           20.88507333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kaun"
    title: "Aleksandr Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ساشا كاون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ساشا كاون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Саша Каун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Olegowitsch_Kaun"
    title: "Alexander Olegowitsch Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Kaun"
    title: "Sasha Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Kaun"
    title: "Sasha Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ساشا کائون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kaun"
    title: "Aleksandr Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Kaun"
    title: "Sasha Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "סאשה קאון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Aleksandr Olegovič Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C5%A1a_Kaun"
    title: "Saša Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "サーシャ・カーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%A0%89%EC%82%B0%EB%93%9C%EB%A5%B4_%EC%B9%B4%EC%9A%B4"
    title: "알렉산드르 카운"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C5%A1a_Kaun"
    title: "Saša Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Kaun"
    title: "Sasha Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Александар Каун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kaoen"
    title: "Aleksandr Kaoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasja_Kaun"
    title: "Sasja Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kaun"
    title: "Aleksandr Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Kaun"
    title: "Sasha Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Каун, Александр Олегович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Александар Каун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasja_Kaun"
    title: "Sasja Kaun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump