Malcolm Grant (born June 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Shahrdari Qazvin of the

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. Born in

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, he played high school basketball for Robeson High School before going to

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college prep school. He subsequently enrolled at

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to play for the

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. After his

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season at Villanova he transferred to the

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. After graduating from the University of Miami, in 2012, with a degree in Sports Administration, Grant joined

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

. He then moved to

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to play for the

Wollongong Hawks The Illawarra Hawks (formerly the Wollongong Hawks and The Hawks) is an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Illawarra Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games ...

. In 2014, he joined the

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to leave shortly afterwards to play for

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club LF Basket Norrbotten. In 2015, he had a second stint in Canada, this time to play for the

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. He continued in Canada in the next season competing for the

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. Following his stint in Canada, Grant took his talents to Europe playing for

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and

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Early life and career

Grant was born in

, on June 21, 1988, to Duncan and Mary Grant. He grew up with three siblings: Unique, the late Sayeed and LeVar. He played basketball under coaches Larry Major and Todd Myles in Robeson High School. In his senior season, Grant averaged 23.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game to be named

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player of the year and

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's all-PSAL player of the year. He was also named in the 2006 regional

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. After graduating from Robeson, he attended a year of prep school in Winchendon School to qualify academically for college. In the 2007 recruiting class, Grant was a three star recruit for

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and

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College career

Villanova

Grant gave a verbal commitment to

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, to play under coach

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. Orr's uncertain status as Seton Hall's head coach convinced Grant to change his commitment to Villanova. In his debut for Villanova he scored 16 points in an 86–64 win versus Stony Brook. On December 7, 2007 he scored 18 points, all in the last seven minutes of the game, to help Villanova upset

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68–67. He scored a season-high 23 points, in 18 minutes, against

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. Following that game he played one minute in the following three games. He saw limited playing time for the rest of the season, after coach Jay Wright's decision to stop playing Grant. On April 4, 2008 he received a release, to explore transfer opportunities to other universities.

Miami

In April 2008, Grant transferred to the

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. He sat out the 2008–09 season due to NCAA transfer rules. His debut for Miami was in an 83–53 win over North Carolina Central, scoring 6 points, grabbing 4 rebounds and dishing 3 assists in 24 minutes. His season-high scoring effort was 18 points against

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, a feature he tied against

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

. He played in all 33 games of the season, starting 4 of them, and led the team in assists, with 117. Throughout the season Grant had 9.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. MalcolmGrant5

Grant started his second season at Miami by scoring 23 points, in the opening game of the season, to help his team win against

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89–77. On November 24, 2010 Grant dished a career-high 9 assists and scored 10 points in Miami's 79–59 win against

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. On December 4, 2010 Grant scored a career-high 26 points to help his team get past

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79–76. On January 23, 2011, he scored 23 points against

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and was 5–5 on

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s, tying the school record for three-pointers made. Grant started all 36 games of the season, setting a school record, and averaged 14.8 points, a team-high for the season, 1.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 0.9 steals per game in 32.4 minutes per game. For his performances in the 2010–11 season he was named in the All–

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third team. Grant opened his last season for Miami with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, to help his team get past

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69–58. He posted a season-high 22 points, against Ole Miss in his senior season. In the first 10 games of the season Grant averaged 15.1 points per game, but missed two games in January to attend his brother's funeral, who died of a heart attack. His brother's death affected his game, going 7 games without scoring double digits in February, and finished the season averaging 10.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. Grant graduated from Miami with a degree in Sports Administration.

College statistics

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, 33 , , 8 , , 24.6 , , .393 , , .412 , , .756 , , 1.9 , , 3.5 , , .6 , , .1 , , 9.6 , - , align="left" ,

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Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Grant joined

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club

. He left APOEL in December 2012, averaging 7.0 points and 1.1 assists per game in 7 games. In January 2013 he signed for the

of the Australian League. He produced a season-high performance, scoring 21 points, against the

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. In 11 games for the Hawks, Grant averaged 10.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. In January 2014 he joined

of the

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, to leave the club three weeks later to pursue an opportunity in Sweden. While with the Rainmen, Grant appeared in 7 games, averaging 13.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. On February 2, 2014 Grant joined LF Basket Norrbotten of the Swedish League, as a replacement for

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. He left the club shortly afterwards, appearing in 3 games and averaging 8.0 points per game. In February 2015 Grant returned to Canada joining

. On February 24, 2015 he scored a season-high 28 points against the

. Grant started 6 of his 7 regular season games with the Power, averaging 17.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. On October 5, 2015, Grant was signed by the

and would return to Canada for the 2015–16 season. He would join the Storm for training camp in early December. Team head coach Joe Salerno commented on Grant: "Since seeing him for the first time back in 2013, he has been a guy on my radar, someone I believed could be very, very good in our league if put in the right system and situation." Grant was also praised by Salerno for his experience in the

in his college years. In his debut for the Storm, Grant recorded a

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, with 24 points and 10 assists. Grant started 23 of his 34 regular season games, led the Storm in assists and assists per game with 157 and 4.6 respectively, and posted averages of 11.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.8 steals per game. In September 2016, Grant signed a contract with

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. Throughout the season, he appeared in 30 games for in the Slovenian League, averaging 13.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. Remarkably, he had over 50%

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and

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, and over 90% in free throw shooting. In August 2017, Grant signed a contract with Lithuanian league club

. Grant refused to play in a game against

BC Pieno žvaigždės BC Pieno žvaigždės ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Pieno žvaigždės) is a professional basketball club from Pasvalys, Lithuania which currently plays in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). The club name comes from the main sponsor Pieno žvaigžd ...

, claiming that the club owed him months of wages; the claim was later confirmed by club officials. A few days after the incident, in early December 2017, Grant signed for

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of the

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, making his debut on 26 December against

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. Grant averaged 11.5 points, 2.5 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game in the VTB United League. On 7 August 2018, he signed with the Croatian team

KK Zadar Košarkaški klub Zadar ( en, Zadar Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Asso ...

. In November 2018 he left Zadar. Two weeks later he signed for another club playing in the

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, the Montenegrin Mornar. Grant spent the 2019–20 season with Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the

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. He averaged 6.2 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. On October 5, 2020, he signed with Shahrdari Qazvin of the

The Basketball Tournament

Malcolm Grant played for Team Fancy in the 2018 edition of

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. In 2 games, he averaged 7 points, .5 assists, and 1.5 rebounds per game. Team Fancy reached the second round before falling to Boeheim's Army.

References

External links

Villanova Wildcats bioMiami Hurricanes bioEurobasket profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Malcolm 1988 births Living people ABA League players American expatriate basketball people in Australia American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Croatia American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Montenegro American expatriate basketball people in Slovenia American expatriate basketball people in Sweden American men's basketball players Basketball players from New York City APOEL B.C. players BC Astana players Halifax Rainmen players Island Storm players KK Mornar Bar players KK Šentjur players KK Zadar players LF Basket Norrbotten players Miami Hurricanes men's basketball players Mississauga Power players Point guards Sportspeople from Brooklyn Villanova Wildcats men's basketball players Wollongong Hawks players The Winchendon School alumni