Kaza Kajami-Keane | |
Number: | 10 |
Position: | Point guard |
Height M: | 1.88 |
Weight Kg: | 84 |
Team: | KK Spartak Subotica |
Birth Date: | 27 January 1994 |
Birth Place: | Ajax, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality: | Canadian / Jamaican |
High School: | Pickering (Ajax, Ontario) |
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Draft Year: | 2017 |
Career Start: | 2017 |
Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Team1: | Raptors 905 |
Years2: | 2018–2019 |
Team2: | Landstede Zwolle |
Years3: | 2019–2020 |
Team3: | Mitteldeutscher BC |
Years4: | 2020–2023 |
Team4: | Le Mans Sarthe |
Years5: | 2023–2024 |
Team5: | Niners Chemnitz |
Years6: | 2024–present |
Team6: | KK Spartak Subotica |
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Kaza Kajami-Keane (born January 27, 1994) is a Canadian-Jamaican professional basketball player for KK Spartak Subotica. He played college basketball for the Illinois State Redbirds, the Cleveland State Vikings and the Carleton Ravens. He has also competed for the Canadian national basketball team.
He started his professional career in 2017, playing in the NBA G League and later for teams in the Netherlands, Germany and France. Kajami-Keane led Niners Chemnitz to the FIBA Europe Cup title in 2024, earning Finals MVP honours in the process.
Kajami-Keane made his professional debut with Raptors 905 in the NBA G League. In the 2017–18 season, he averaged 6.3 points and 4.2 assists in 18.5 minutes per game.
In August 2018, Kajami-Keane signed with Landstede Basketbal of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[1] On 1 June 2019, Kajami-Keane won the DBL championship with Landstede, the first in club history.[2] Kajami-Keane was named the DBL Play-offs MVP, after averaging 18.3 points and 5.3 assists in 12 playoff games.[3]
On July 31, 2019, Kajami-Keane signed with Mitteldeutscher BC, for sponsorship reasons for the 2019–20 season.[4] With MBC, he would play in the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He averaged 15.2 points, 5.3 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game.
On June 8, 2020, Kajami-Keane signed with Le Mans Sarthe of the LNB Pro A.[5] He averaged 12.2 points and 4.1 assists per game. Kajami-Keane re-signed with the team on June 25, 2021.[6]
Kajami-Keane joined German club Niners Chemnitz, returning to the BBL after three years. He won the FIBA Europe Cup title with Chemnitz, and was named named the Finals MVP following a record-setting 29 points in the second game.[7]
He inked a deal with KK Spartak Subotica of Serbia in June 2024.[8]
On December 3, 2017, Kajami-Keane made his debut in the Canadian national basketball team in a 94–67 win over Brazil at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification stage.[9]