Jason Cain

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1985)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jason Edward Cain

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 224

| league = Angolan Basketball League

| team = Petro de Luanda

| number =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|3|31}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| nationality = American

| high_school = West Catholic High School
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college = Virginia (2003–2007)

| draft_year = 2007

| career_start = 2007

| career_end =

| years1 = 2007–2011 | team1 = Phantoms Braunschweig

| years2 = 2011–2012 | team2 = Eisbären Bremerhaven

| years3 = 2012–2013 | team3 = Bayreuth

| years4 = 2013–2014 | team4 = Coruña

| years5 = 2014–2016 | team5 = Petro de Luanda

| years6 = 2016–2017 | team6 = Marín Peixegalego

| years7 = 2017–2018 | team7 = Amics Castelló

| years8=2019–present

| team8=Petro de Luanda

| highlights =

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ANG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup}}

{{MedalGold|Luanda 2015|Petro Atlético}}

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Jason Edward Cain (born March 31, 1985) is a professional basketball player who currently plays for Petro de Luanda in the Angolan Basketball League. Standing at {{height|ft=6|in=10}}, he plays as power forward.

Career

Formerly, he played in the University of Virginia Cavaliers, mostly playing significant minutes during his third and fourth years. Cain helped the Virginia team in reach the NCAA tournament in the 2006–07 season.

In 2008, Cain started his professional career by playing for the New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig in the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).{{Cite web |url=http://statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de/bbl/stats/player/index.php?team=422&saison=2008&spieler_id=8598 |title=08/09 Bundesliga stats |access-date=2009-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202144/http://statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de/bbl/stats/player/index.php?team=422&saison=2008&spieler_id=8598 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }}

In 2014, Cain signed with Petro de Luanda from Angola and went on to win the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup with the club.

In September, Petro de Luanda announced Cain was returning to the team.{{cite web|url=http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/desporto/jason-cain-pode-reforcar-1-de-agosto-esta-epoca|title=Jason Cain pode reforçar 1º de Agosto esta época |work=jornaldeangola.sapo.ao|accessdate=14 November 2019}}

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