The Cleveland Cavaliers signed center Sasha Kaun to a contract Wednesday.
Terms were not released, but the deal reportedly is worth $2.5 million over two years.
The 6-foot-11, 250-pound Kaun spent the last six seasons with CSKA Moscow where he was a five-time Russian League champion (2009-2013), five-time VTB United League champion (2010, 2012-2015) and 2010 Russian Cup winner. Over his career with the team, he appeared in 142 games (94 starts) with averages of 7.6 points on .702 shooting from the field and 3.6 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game. Last year, he played in 30 games (all starts) and averaged a career-high 9.9 points on .691 shooting from the field and 4.5 rebounds in 20.1 minutes per game.
The Russian native played collegiately at Kansas, where he was a member of the Jayhawks’ 2007-08 national championship team. He also was a member of the Russian National Team coached by Cavs head coach David Blatt, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
Kaun was originally the 56th overall pick of the 2008 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder (then Seattle SuperSonics) and had his rights traded to the Cavs on draft night.