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Sasha Vujačić
No. 20 – New Jersey Nets
PositionShooting guard/point guard
Personal information
Born (1984-03-08) March 8, 1984 (age 40)
Maribor, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySlovenian, Serbian
Listed height[convert: invalid number]
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2004: 1st round, 27th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career2001–present
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Aleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар »Саша« Вујачић), or Saša Vujačič (Slovene only), rendered in English as Sasha Vujacic; (born March 8, 1984) is a Slovenian basketball player who plays for the New Jersey Nets. He is also known as "The Machine". Though he has played the point guard position in Europe, he found more playing time at the shooting guard spot while in the Lakers' triangle offense.

Early career

Vujačić began his professional career at the age of 16, playing with Snaidero Udine of Italy. His father Vaso Vujačić is a Serbian basketball coach.[1]

Vujačić was also a member of the Slovenian junior national team. He won a silver medal at the 2002 European Junior Championship.[2] He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 27th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft.

Career highlights

During the 2005–06 season, Vujačić made the go-ahead three pointer in overtime to give the Lakers the lead for good in a win against the Utah Jazz.[3]

During the 2006–07 season, he made a clutch shot against the Dallas Mavericks to end their 13-game winning streak.[4]

In the 2007–08 season, Vujačić recorded a career-high 22 points in a win over the Denver Nuggets, and he tied it in a win over the Toronto Raptors.[5] Vujačić shot 60% from beyond the three-point line in the 2006 NBA Playoffs.

In the 2008-2009 season, Vujacic made 118 of his 270 three point field goal attempts, setting the Los Angeles Lakers single-season record for the best three point field goal percentage (.437) in a single season.

During Game 3 of the 2008 NBA Finals, Vujačić scored a career playoff high, totaling 20 points off of the bench. Vujačić's 20, with the exception of Kobe Bryant, made him the only Laker to score in double figures.

In July 2008, he switched agents to Rob Pelinka. Later, on July 25, Vujačić and the Lakers agreed to a three-year deal worth 15 million dollars.[6]

In Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals, Vujačić led the Lakers' bench with nine points, including two three-pointers. With 11 seconds left in Game 7 and the Lakers leading by only two points, Vujačić helped secure the Lakers' championship with two crucial free throws.

On December 15, 2010, Vujačić was traded to the New Jersey Nets in a three team trade involving the Lakers and Houston Rockets.[7]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 L.A. Lakers 35 3 11.5 .282 .270 .947 1.8 1.5 .3 .1 2.9
2005–06 L.A. Lakers 82 4 17.7 .346 .343 .885 1.9 1.7 .6 .0 3.9
2006–07 L.A. Lakers 73 4 12.8 .392 .373 .878 1.5 .9 .6 .0 4.3
2007–08 L.A. Lakers 72 0 17.8 .454 .437 .835 2.1 1.0 .5 .1 8.8
2008–09 L.A. Lakers 80 0 16.2 .387 .363 .921 1.7 1.4 1.0 .1 5.8
2009–10 L.A. Lakers 67 1 8.6 .402 .309 .848 1.2 0.6 .3 .1 2.8
Career 409 12 14.5 .393 .371 .878 1.7 1.2 .8 .1 4.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 L.A. Lakers 7 0 18.4 .423 .600 1.000 2.4 .9 .6 .0 6.0
2006–07 L.A. Lakers 4 0 10.8 .556 .250 .000 1.0 .8 .2 .0 2.8
2007–08 L.A. Lakers 21 0 21.7 .399 .392 .857 2.2 .8 .6 .2 8.1
2008–09 L.A. Lakers 23 0 10.9 .264 .314 .833 1.4 .5 .4 .2 3.0
2009–10 L.A. Lakers 10 0 7.6 .435 .400 .833 .8 .5 .2 .0 3.1
Career 65 0 14.7 .366 .384 .879 1.6 .6 .4 .1 5.0

Personal life

Vujačić was born in Maribor, present-day Slovenia, to a Serbian father and Slovenian mother. His father was a Serbian basketball coach,[1] while his mother was a Slovenian volleyball player.[8] His mother was playing volleyball for a top Yugoslav women's club, Branik Maribor, and had to finish her career at the age of 19 when she got pregnant with Vujačić.[9] His parents divorced when he was 6, and he lived with his mother and soon afterwards with his stepfather.[9] He has two siblings, a sister named Nina, and a brother named Aljoša. His family resides in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, while he resides in Manhattan Beach, California. In addition to basketball, he enjoys playing volleyball, tennis, and soccer.[10]

He is engaged to Maria Sharapova, the famous tennis player.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Prominent Slovenian Athletes in the United States by Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, January 2007.
  2. ^ "NBA Bio"
  3. ^ "Los Angeles Lakers/Utah Jazz recap December 1, 2005 Thursday recap". AP Sports. 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  4. ^ "Vujacic, Lakers put end to Mavs' impressive streak". CBS Sportsline.com wire reports. 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  5. ^ "Kobe watches 4th quarter from bench as Vujacic, Lakers bounce Nuggets". ESPN. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  6. ^ "Fantasy/Player News". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  7. ^ "NETS Acquire Vujacic & Two 1st-Round Picks in 3-Team Trade". NBA.com. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  8. ^ "Članek" (in Slovene). ekipa.org. Retrieved October 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  9. ^ a b "Rojen na dan žena" (in Slovene). vujacic.net. Retrieved October 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ^ NBA.com : Sasha Vujacic Bio Page
  11. ^ Sharapova gets engaged to Lakers' guard Vujacic

External links

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