Aleksandar "Saša" Pavlović (Anglicized: Sasha Pavlovic, Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Саша" Павловић; born November 15, 1983) is a Serbian-Montenegrin[1][2] basketball executive and former professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans, Boston Celtics and the Portland Trail Blazers.

His American agent Marc Cornstein issued a clarification in response to a misleading Eurobasket.com biography mixing Aleksandar Pavlović with an 'Aleksander Pavlović' who played college basketball at La Salle University and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

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

In 67 games played (28 starts) in 2006–07, Pavlović averaged a career-high 9.0 points, along with 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

[8] Approximately two weeks later, Pavlović had a career-high six three-point field goals made (of 7 attempts) against the New York Knicks.

[18] During the 2007–08 season, Pavlović played in 51 games (45 starts) and averaged 7.4 points, a career-high 2.5 rebounds and a career high 1.6 assists.

In the following 2008–09 season, the Cavaliers were beaten by the Orlando Magic in the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals, 4 games to 2.

[29] In his first appearance with Boston on March 6, 2011, in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks, he played 12 minutes, going 1-for-2 from three and 1-for-3 field goals overall, recording 3 points and 2 steals.

[31] The 2011–12 NBA season opened on Christmas Day 2011 and Pavlović started for an injured Paul Pierce.

[32] In the Celtics' second-last game of the season, a 78–66 win over the Heat, Pavlović scored 16 points off the bench.

[34] Pavlović' final NBA game was played on April 17, 2013, in an 88–99 loss to the Golden State Warriors where he recorded 6 points and 1 rebound.

[35][36] On February 10, 2014, Pavlović returned to Europe and officially signed with Serbian powerhouse Partizan Belgrade for the rest of the 2013–14 season.

[37][38] Partizan finished season by winning its 13th consecutive domestic title, defeating arch rivals Red Star Belgrade by 3–1 in the final series.

[42] In the ABA League debut in the new season, he led his team in an 89–80 victory over Mega Leks by scoring 26 points and having 4 rebounds and assists.

[45] Pavlović was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro Under-20 national team and played at the 2002 European Under-20 Championships in Lithuania.

"[47] In December 2018, Pavlović was named a board member of Partizan Belgrade under presidency of Ostoja Mijailović.