Malcolm Armstead

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Malcolm Armstead

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| position = Point guard

| number = 0

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 190

| league = Kosovo Superleague
Liga Unike

| team = Golden Eagle Ylli

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Florence, Alabama, U.S.

| nationality = American / Kosovan{{cite web |title=Malcolm Armstead (Kosovo) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/207102-malcolm-armstead |website=FIBA Basketball |access-date=16 April 2025}}

| high_school = Central Park Christian
(Birmingham, Alabama)

| college =

Chipola College (2008–2009)
Oregon (2009–2011)
Wichita State (2012–2013)

| draft_year = 2013

| career_start = 2013

| career_end =

| years1 = 2013–2015

| team1 = Krka

| years2 = 2015

| team2 = Avtodor Saratov

| years3 = 2015

| team3 = AEK Athens

| years4 = 2016

| team4 = İstanbul BB

| years5 = 2016–2017

| team5 = Yeşilgiresun Belediye

| years6 = 2017

| team6 = Neptūnas

| years7 = 2017–2018

| team7 = Rethymno Cretan Kings

| years8 = 2018

| team8 = Büyükçekmece

| years9 = 2018–2019

| team9 = Kymis

| years10 = 2019

| team10 = Prishtina

| years11 = 2019–2020

| team11 = Peja

| years12 = 2020

| team12 = Gostivar

| years13 = 2020–2021

| team13 = Fribourg Olympic

| years14 = 2021–2022

| team14 = Kavala

| years15 = 2022–2023

| team15 = Golden Eagle Ylli

| years16 = 2023

| team16 = Peja

| team17 = Prishtina

| years17 = 2023–2024

| years18 = 2024–present

| team18 = Golden Eagle Ylli

| highlights =

Balkan League champion (2024)
Swiss Basketball League champion (2021)
Slovenian League champion (2014)
2× Slovenian Cup winner (2014, 2015)
Slovenian Supercup winner (2014)
Slovenian Supercup MVP (2014)
ABA League Top Scorer (2015)
All-ABA League Team (2015)
MVC All-Newcomer Team (2013)

}}

Malcolm Ray Armstead (born 1 August 1989) is an American-born naturalized Kosovan 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.

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.{{cite web| title =Malcolm Armstead signs with Krka Novo Mesto| work =Sportando.com| publisher =Sportando| date =August 26, 2013| url =http://www.sportando.com/en/cat/nba/104362/malcolm-armstead-signs-with-krka-novo-mesto.html| accessdate =July 30, 2013}} On June 23, 2014 he re-signed with the club for the 2014–15 season.{{cite news|title=Krka Novo Mesto keeps Malcolm Armstead|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/slovenia/123800/krka-novo-mesto-keeps-malcolm-armstead.html|accessdate=November 16, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=June 23, 2014}}

On 10 June 2015, he signed with Avtodor Saratov of Russia for the 2014–15 season.{{cite news|title=Malcolm Armstead moves to Avtodor Saratov|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/russia/163451/malcolm-armstead-moves-to-avtodor-saratov.html|accessdate=June 10, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=June 10, 2015}} 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.{{cite news|title=AEK Athens signs Malcolm Armstead|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/182212/aek-athens-signs-malcolm-armstead.html|accessdate=November 15, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=November 15, 2015}} On December 25, 2015, he parted ways with AEK,{{cite news|title=Λύση συνεργασίας με Άρμστεντ|url=http://www.aekbc.gr/el/articles-622/lush-sunergasia-me-armstent.htm|accessdate=December 25, 2015|work=aekbc.gr|date=December 25, 2015|language=Greek|archive-date=December 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226023159/http://www.aekbc.gr/el/articles-622/lush-sunergasia-me-armstent.htm|url-status=dead}} and signed with İstanbul BB of Turkey for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Malcolm Armstead to continue his career in Istanbul B.S.B.|url=http://www.slamnroll.com/content/malcolm-armstead-continue-his-career-istanbul-bsb|accessdate=January 7, 2016|date=December 25, 2015}}

On 25 August 2016, Armstead signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye for the 2016–17 BSL season.{{cite news|title=Anthony Gill and Malcolm Armstead signed with Yesilgiresun|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/210396/anthony-gill-and-malcolm-armstead-signed-with-yesilgiresun.html|accessdate=August 25, 2016|work=Sportando.com|date=August 25, 2016}}

On 22 September 22, 2017, Armstead signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda.{{cite news|title="Neptūnas" pasirašė sutartį su įžaidėju iš JAV|url=http://www.bcneptunas.lt/lt/titulinis/item/1562-%E2%80%9Enept%C5%ABnas%E2%80%9C-pasira%C5%A1%C4%97-sutart%C4%AF-su-jav-%C4%AF%C5%BEaid%C4%97ju|accessdate=September 22, 2017|work=bcneptunas.lt|date=September 22, 2017|language=Lithuanian|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929122610/http://bcneptunas.lt/lt/titulinis/item/1562-%E2%80%9Enept%C5%ABnas%E2%80%9C-pasira%C5%A1%C4%97-sutart%C4%AF-su-jav-%C4%AF%C5%BEaid%C4%97ju|url-status=dead}} In late October 2017, he left Neptūnas and signed with Greek club Rethymno Cretan Kings.{{cite news|title=Malcolm Armstead inks with Rethymno|url=https://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/252013/malcolm-armstead-inks-with-rethymno.html|accessdate=October 31, 2017|work=Sportando.com|date=October 31, 2017}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Mammides |first1=Chris |title=Enosi Kavalas ink Malcolm Armstead |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/702353/Enosi-Kavalas-ink-Malcolm-Armstead |website=Eurobasket |access-date=28 August 2021 |date=28 August 2021}}

National team career

In addition to playing for the Kosovan national team,{{cite news|title=Kosova natyralizon fundorin amerikan Malcolm Armstead|url=https://www.koha.net/sport/129295/kosova-natyralizon-fundorin-amerikan-malcolm-armstead/|accessdate=February 25, 2019|work=koha.net|date=November 16, 2018|language=Albanian}} he also played for the Romanian national team.{{cite news|title=Men's basketball: Romania wins last tournament in China|url=https://www1.agerpres.ro/english/2016/07/14/men-s-basketball-romania-wins-last-tournament-in-china-16-26-54|accessdate=February 25, 2019|work=agerpres|date=July 14, 2016}}

College statistics

| align="left" | 2009–10

| align="left" | Oregon

| 32 || 27 || 31.7 || .452 || .333 || .725 || 2.6 || 6.3 || 2.0 || .1 || 17.9

| align="left" | 2010–11

| align="left" | Oregon

| 38 || 23 || 27.5 || .430 || .323 || .795 || 2.9 || 7.4 || 2.3 || .0 || 17.2

| align="left" | 2012–13

| align="left" | Wichita State

| 39 || 39 || 28.5 || .394 || .355 || .827 || 3.8 || 8.0 || 1.9 || .1 || 15.6

References

External links

[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/45864/malcolm-armstead Malcolm Armstead] at espn.com
[http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3748525& Malcolm Armstead] at goducks.com
[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Malcolm-Armstead/Summary/6773 Malcolm Armstead] at realgm.com

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Category:ABA League players

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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Greece

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Kosovo

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Russia

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Slovenia

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Turkey

Category:American men's basketball players