Sasha Vujacic

Full Name: Aleksandar “Saša” Vujačić	Current Team: Los Angeles Lakers
Height/Weight: 6'7"/205	Number: 18
Birthdate: March 8, 1984	Entry Draft: 1st round (27th) in 2004
Birthplace: Maribor, Slovenia	Drafted By: Los Angeles Lakers
Position: SG	College: N/A

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1 Biography
2 Transactions
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Totals
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4 Awards and Accomplishments
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[edit] Biography

Aleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić (born March 8 1984 in Maribor, Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Though he has played the point guard position in Europe, he has found more playing time at the shooting guard equivalent spot in the Lakers' triangle offense (as opposed to the more point guard-like initiator spot).

Vujačić began his professional career at the age of 16, playing with Snaidero Udine of Italy. Basketball definitely runs in his family, as his father is Vaso Vujačić, a Serbian basketball coach. He also received a lot of encouragement and support from his step father Goran Bjekovic and his mother Ksenija Bjekovic.

Sasha also was a member of the Slovenian Junior National Team. He was drafted by the Lakers with the 27th overall pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. He has averaged 3.6 points per game in his NBA career.

While he was drafted mostly for his shooting proficiency (namely from three-point range), Vujacic has proven himself a more than competent defender as well. His tantalizing, up-close and personal defense has irked some of the NBA's elite guards.

Vujacic has shown flashes of future excellence, perhaps most notably in a clutch three-pointer against the Utah Jazz and also during his other extremely clutch three pointer against the Dallas Mavericks, but still has a long way to go before coach Phil Jackson could consider placing him in the starting lineup.

Vujacic shot 60% from the three point line in the 2006 NBA Playoffs.

Vujacic names Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan as his greatest role models and favorite sportsmen.

He has one brother, Aljosa Bjekovic, and one sister, Nina Bjekovic.

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Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2005	LAL	35	3	403	33	117	.282	17	63	.270	18	19	.947	13	49	62	51	12	2	15	41	101
2006	LAL	82	4	1449	108	312	.346	59	172	.343	46	52	.885	33	126	159	139	48	3	50	150	321
2007	LAL	73	4	935	105	268	.392	60	161	.373	43	49	.878	28	79	107	64	41	1	30	103	313
2008	LAL	72	0	1279	219	482	.454	118	270	.437	76	91	.835	19	135	154	72	36	5	52	107	632
2009	LAL	80	0	1293	155	401	.387	81	223	.363	70	76	.921	19	116	135	113	77	7	35	154	461
Career		342	11	5359	620	1580	.392	335	889	.377	253	287	.882	112	505	617	439	214	18	182	555	1828

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Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2005	LAL	35	3	11.5	0.9	3.3	.282	0.5	1.8	.270	0.5	0.5	.947	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.2	2.9
2006	LAL	82	4	17.7	1.3	3.8	.346	0.7	2.1	.343	0.6	0.6	.885	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.8	3.9
2007	LAL	73	4	12.8	1.4	3.7	.392	0.8	2.2	.373	0.6	0.7	.878	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.4	4.3
2008	LAL	72	0	17.8	3.0	6.7	.454	1.6	3.8	.437	1.1	1.3	.835	0.3	1.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.5	8.8
2009	LAL	80	0	16.2	1.9	5.0	.387	1.0	2.8	.363	0.9	1.0	.921	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.4	1.9	5.8
Career		342	11	15.7	1.8	4.6	.392	1.0	2.6	.377	0.7	0.8	.882	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.6	5.3

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