Malcolm Armstead

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Malcolm Armstead
No. 0–Golden Eagle Ylli
Position Point guard
League Kosovo Superleague
Liga Unike
Personal information
Born (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 35)
Florence, Alabama
NationalityAmerican / Kosovan / Romanian
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolCentral Park Christian
(Birmingham, Alabama)
College
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2015 Krka
2015 Avtodor Saratov
2015 AEK Athens
2016 İstanbul BB
2016–2017 Yeşilgiresun Belediye
2017 Neptūnas
2017–2018 Rethymno Cretan Kings
2018 Büyükçekmece
2018–2019 Kymis
2019 Prishtina
2019–2020 Peja
2020 Gostivar
2020–2021 Fribourg Olympic
2021–2022 Kavala
2022–2023 Golden Eagle Ylli
2023 Peja
2023–2024 Prishtina
2024–present Golden Eagle Ylli
Career highlights and awards

Malcolm Ray Armstead (born 1 August 1989) is an American-born naturalized Kosovan-Romanian professional basketball player for Golden Eagle Ylli of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. After playing college basketball for Chipola College, University of Oregon and Wichita State University Armstead entered the 2013 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

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Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Armstead signed his first professional contract in August 2013, with the Slovenian Basket League's Krka Novo Mesto for the 2013–14 season. [1] On June 23, 2014 he re-signed with the club for the 2014–15 season. [2]

On 10 June 2015, he signed with Avtodor Saratov of Russia for the 2014–15 season. [3] On November 16, 2015, he left the club in order to sign with the Greek club AEK Athens for the rest of the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season. [4] On December 25, 2015, he parted ways with AEK, [5] and signed with İstanbul BB of Turkey for the rest of the season. [6]

On 25 August 2016, Armstead signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye for the 2016–17 BSL season. [7]

On 22 September 22, 2017, Armstead signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda. [8] In late October 2017, he left Neptūnas and signed with Greek club Rethymno Cretan Kings. [9]

Armstead spent the 2020–21 season with Fribourg Olympic of the Swiss Basketball League, averaging 14.2 points, 4.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.7 rebounds per game. On 28 August 2021, he signed with Kavala B.C. [10]

National team career

In addition to playing for the Kosovan national team, [11] he also played for the Romanian national team. [12]

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2009–10 Oregon 322731.7.452.333.7252.66.32.0.117.9
2010–11 Oregon 382327.5.430.323.7952.97.42.3.017.2
2012–13 Wichita State 393928.5.394.355.8273.88.01.9.115.6

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References

  1. ↑ "Malcolm Armstead signs with Krka Novo Mesto". Sportando.com. Sportando. August 26, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Krka Novo Mesto keeps Malcolm Armstead". Sportando.com. June 23, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Malcolm Armstead moves to Avtodor Saratov". Sportando.com. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "AEK Athens signs Malcolm Armstead". Sportando.com. November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Λύση συνεργασίας με Άρμστεντ". aekbc.gr (in Greek). December 25, 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Malcolm Armstead to continue his career in Istanbul B.S.B." December 25, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Anthony Gill and Malcolm Armstead signed with Yesilgiresun". Sportando.com. August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ ""Neptūnas" pasirašė sutartį su įžaidėju iš JAV". bcneptunas.lt (in Lithuanian). September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Malcolm Armstead inks with Rethymno". Sportando.com. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  10. ↑ Mammides, Chris (28 August 2021). "Enosi Kavalas ink Malcolm Armstead". Eurobasket. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Kosova natyralizon fundorin amerikan Malcolm Armstead". koha.net (in Albanian). November 16, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Men's basketball: Romania wins last tournament in China". agerpres. July 14, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
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