No. 9–Westchester Knicks | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | NBA G League | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Roanne, France | 27 August 2001||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2023: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | JL Bourg | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | →Leuven Bears | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Mega Basket | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | →Motor City Cruise | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Westchester Knicks | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Malcolm Jean Ahmed Cazalon (born 27 August 2001) is a French professional basketball player for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League.
Cazalon was born in Roanne, France, where his father Laurent Cazalon was a professional basketball player. [1] He began playing basketball as a child with local club Chorale Roanne. [2] In 2017, he moved to ASVEL, with whom he played in the LNB Espoirs under-21 league. [3]
On 23 August 2018, Cazalon signed a three-year contract with JL Bourg of the LNB Pro A, the top professional league in France. [4] On 19 July 2019, he was loaned to Leuven Bears of the Pro Basketball League (PBL) in Belgium. [5]
On 10 March 2020, Cazalon signed with Mega Bemax of the Basketball League of Serbia. [6] Following the 2020–21 season, Cazalon declared for the 2021 NBA draft. On July 19, 2021, he withdrew his name from consideration for the 2021 NBA draft. [7] In April 2022, Cazalon declared for the 2022 NBA draft. [8] Later, he withdrew his name from consideration for the 2022 NBA draft. [9] On 4 July 2022, Cazalon signed a one-year contract extension with Mega Basket. [10]
After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Cazalon signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on 2 July 2023 [11] and joined them for the 2023 NBA Summer League. [12] However, he was waived on 21 February 2024. [13]
On 24 February 2024, Cazalon joined the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. [14]
Cazalon missed the 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship in Podgorica, Montenegro, in which France won the gold medal, with a knee injury. [15] At the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Argentina, he averaged 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game, helping France win the silver medal. [16]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2023–24 | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | — | — | — | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | — | — | — | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
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