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

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Armstead entered the 2013 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

Professional career

After going

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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. On June 23, 2014 he re-signed with the club for the 2014–15 season. On 10 June 2015, he signed with Avtodor Saratov of Russia for the 2014–15 season. On November 16, 2015, he left the club in order to sign with the Greek club

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season. On December 25, 2015, he parted ways with AEK, and signed with İstanbul BB of Turkey for the rest of the season. On 25 August 2016, Armstead signed with Turkish club

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for the 2016–17 BSL season. On 22 September 22, 2017, Armstead signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda. In late October 2017, he left Neptūnas and signed with Greek club Rethymno Cretan Kings. Armstead spent the 2020–21 season with

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, 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.

National team career

In addition to playing for the Kosovan national team, he also played for the Romanian national team.

College statistics

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References

External links

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