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.
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 2013âÂÂ14 season. On June 23, 2014 he re-signed with the club for the 2014âÂÂ15 season.
On 10 June 2015, he signed with Avtodor Saratov of Russia for the 2014âÂÂ15 season. On November 16, 2015, he left the club in order to sign with the Greek club AEK Athens for the rest of the 2015âÂÂ16 Greek Basket League season. On December 25, 2015, he parted ways with AEK, and signed with ðstanbul BB of Turkey for the rest of the season.
On 25 August 2016, Armstead signed with Turkish club Yeà Âilgiresun Belediye for the 2016âÂÂ17 BSL season.
On 22 September 22, 2017, Armstead signed with Neptà «nas KlaipÃÂda. In late October 2017, he left Neptà «nas and signed with Greek club Rethymno Cretan Kings.
Armstead spent the 2020âÂÂ21 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.
In addition to playing for the Kosovan national team, he also played for the Romanian national team.
|- | align="left" | 2009âÂÂ10 | align="left" | Oregon | 32 || 27 || 31.7 || .452 || .333 || .725 || 2.6 || 6.3 || 2.0 || .1 || 17.9 |- | align="left" | 2010âÂÂ11 | align="left" | Oregon | 38 || 23 || 27.5 || .430 || .323 || .795 || 2.9 || 7.4 || 2.3 || .0 || 17.2 |- | align="left" | 2012âÂÂ13 | align="left" | Wichita State | 39 || 39 || 28.5 || .394 || .355 || .827 || 3.8 || 8.0 || 1.9 || .1 || 15.6