Demond Mallet

Demond Mallet

Position	Point guard
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Team	Spirou Charleroi
Number	55
Born	February 22, 1978 (1978-02-22) (age 33) Leesville, Louisiana, USA
Nationality	American
College	McNeese State University
Draft	Undrafted, 2001
Pro career	2001–present
Career history	Phantoms Braunschweig (2001-04) GHP Bamberg (2004-06) Rhein-Energie Cologne (2006-07) DKV Joventut (2007-09) Türk Telekom B.K. (2009-10)

Dayon Demond Mallet (born February 22, 1978, in Leesville, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player that played the 2009-10 season professionally with Türk Telekom B.K. in Ankara, Turkey and currently the 2010-11 season in Belgium with Spirou Charleroi. Before that he played for ACB club Joventut Badalona. He is a 6'2" guard. As of 2008, Mallet has won a German Championship, two German Cup titles, a ULEB Cup, and won the prestigious Spanish King's Cup with the team Joventut Badalona. He is a cousin of NBA center Shaquille O'Neal. Mallet who won the German Championship MVP in 2006 won the Belgium Ethias League MVP in 2011 and the Belgium Championship that same year.

High school and college career

Mallet played high school basketball at Leesville High, after which he enrolled at McNeese State University and was NCAA Division 1 All-American Honorable Mention 2001. He was also named Southland Conference Player of the Year (2000–2001).

Professional career

Mallet played most of his career so far in Germany at the Bundesliga, the country's premier basketball league but later moved to Spain and then Turkey and in 2010 Belgium where he signed a two-year contract reportedly to be the highest-paid player in Belgium.

Honours

• Selected as German All-Star player 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
• Won the 2004-2005 German National Championship with GHP Bamberg
• Named MVP of the 2004-2005 Championship
• Named MVP of the 2006-2007 All-Star Game
• Named MVP of the 2010-2011 Belgium Ethias League

NBA tryouts

• Summer 2001, Detroit Pistons Summer camp
• Summer 2002, Shaw's Pro Summer League (Boston Celtics)

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• ACB Profile
• ULEB Cup: Demond Mallet
• E-Basket: Demond Mallet

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Name	Mallet, Demond
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Date of birth	February 22, 1978
Place of birth	Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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