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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography {{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Demond Mallet | name = Demond Mallet
| image = DMallet.JPG | image = DMallet.JPG
| image_size =
⚫ | position = ]
| caption = Mallet with ] in 2009
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 180 | height_ft = 6
| number = 20 | height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 195
| league = ]
| team = Artland Dragons
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|2|22}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|2|22}}
| birth_place = ] | birth_place = ], U.S.
| high_school = ] (Leesville, Louisiana) | high_school = ] (Leesville, Louisiana)
| college = ] (1997–2001) | college = ] (1997–2001)
| draft = ]
| draft_year = 2001 | draft_year = 2001
| career_start = 2001 | career_start = 2001
| career_end = | career_end = 2017
⚫ | career_position = ]
⚫ | years1 = 2001–2004 | team1 = ]
| career_number = 0, 7, 5, 20, 99, 55, 12, 9, 11
⚫ | years1 = 2001–2004 | team1 = ]
| years2 = 2004–2006 | team2 = ] | years2 = 2004–2006 | team2 = ]
| years3 = 2006–2007 | team3 = ] | years3 = 2006–2007 | team3 = ]
| years4 = 2007–2009 | team4 = ] | years4 = 2007–2009 | team4 = ]
| years5 = 2009–2010 | team5 = ] | years5 = 2009–2010 | team5 = ]
| years6 = 2010–2011 | team6 = ] | years6 = 2010–2011 | team6 = ]
| years7 = 2011–2012 | team7 = ] | years7 = 2011–2012 | team7 = ]
| years8 = 2012 | team8 = ] | years8 = 2012 | team8 = Spirou Charleroi
| years9 = 2012–present| team9 = ] | years9 = 2012–2013 | team9 = ]
| years10 = 2013–2014 | team10 = Spirou Charleroi
| awards = <nowiki></nowiki>
| years11 = 2014–2016 | team11 = Joventut Badalona
⚫ *] ] (2011)
| years12 = 2017 | team12 = ]
| highlights =
*] champion (])
*] ] (2005)
*] winner (2007)
*] MVP (2007)
*] champion (])
*] (])
*] winner (])
*] winner (2012)
*] (2001)
*3× First-team All-] (1998, 1999, 2001)
}} }}
'''Dayon Demond Mallet''' (born February 22, 1978) is an American former professional ] player. He played ] at ]. Mallet spent 17 seasons as a professional player, in multiple European leagues afterwards, and won multiple championships and was named the ] of several competitions.<ref></ref>


Mallet won a ] ], and the ] title. He also won the ] championship (which is now called the ]), and he won the prestigious ] title, with the team ]. Joventut later honored Mallet in his last game with the team.<ref></ref> Mallet also won the ] in 2011, and the ] championship that same year.
'''Dayon Demond Mallet''' (born February 22, 1978, in ]) is an American professional ] player that plays with ] in Germany. He is a 6'2" ].


⚫ ==High school==
Before that he played for ] ] ]. As of 2008, Mallet had won a German Championship, two German Cup titles, a ULEB Cup, and won the prestigious Spanish King's Cup with the team ]. He is a cousin of NBA center ]. Mallet who won the German Championship MVP in 2006 won the Belgium Ethias League MVP in 2011 and the Belgium Championship that same year.
Mallet attended ], in ], where he played high school basketball.


==College career==
In December 2011 he moved to sign a one-year contract with ] in ] and during the 2011–12 season was rated as one of the best point guards in the ].
After high school, Mallet enrolled at ], where he played ] with the ]. He was an ] ]. He was also named the ]'s ], of the 2000–01 season. Mallet was inducted in the ] Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bastropenterprise.com/article/20120727/NEWS/307279997/ |title=Leesville Native Demond Mallet Inducted into Hall of Fame |access-date=2018-02-22 |archive-date=2018-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222225938/http://www.bastropenterprise.com/article/20120727/NEWS/307279997/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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


==Professional career== ==Professional career==
Mallet played most of his career so far in Germany at the ], 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. After college, Mallett played in the 2001 ] with the ]' summer league squad. He also played in the 2002 NBA Summer League with the summer league squad of the ]. Mallet played several years in Germany in the ], the ], but later moved to Spain, and then Turkey; and in 2010, Belgium, where he signed a two-year contract.


In December 2011 he moved from the Belgium Club to sign a one-year contract with ] in ] and during the 2011–12 season was rated as one of the best point guards in the ].<ref></ref> In April 2012 after not having too much space in the rotation of Maccabi Tel Aviv he returned to Spirou Charleroi until the end of the 2011–12 season.<ref></ref> In December 2011, he moved from the Belgium club, during the 2011–12 season, where he was rated as one of the best ]s in the ] that season, to ], in Israel, with whom he signed a one-year contract.<ref></ref> In April 2012, after not getting enough playing time in the rotation of Maccabi Tel Aviv, he returned to ], through the end of the 2011–12 season.<ref></ref> The following year, Mallet signed a two-year deal with the ], which was rumored to be the largest contract ever given to a point guard in the German Basketball League. He returned to Spirou again, after that season, and then became a player of ], where he worked as a ]. Mallet was honored by Joventut, at ], on May 22, 2016, with a banner and ], for all of his accomplishments with the club.<ref></ref>


On January 10, 2017, Mallet signed with the French club ], for the rest of the ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sluc-basket.fr/lexperience-demond-mallet/ |title=L'EXPERIENCE DEMOND MALLET ! . |access-date=2017-01-10 |language=fr |archive-date=2017-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112173400/http://www.sluc-basket.fr/lexperience-demond-mallet/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> After last playing in 2017, he officially announced his retirement from playing professional basketball, in February 2018,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/620983/demond-mallet-announces-retirement-heartfelt-letter/ |title=Demond Mallet announces his retirement with a heartfelt letter |date=February 20, 2018 |publisher=Eurohoops.net}}</ref> and on February 23, 2018, Mallet was honored in ceremony by ], the club he helped win their first championship to enter the Euroleague.
==Honors==
⚫ *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


==Awards and accomplishments==
==NBA tryouts==
===College===
*Summer 2001, ] Summer camp
*]: (2001)
*Summer 2002, Shaw's Pro Summer League (])
*] Honorable Mention: (])

===Professional===
⚫ *5× ]: (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
*] ]: (2005)
*] MVP: (2007)
*] Winner: (2007)
*] MVP: (2007)
*] Winner: (2008)
*] Champion: (2008)
⚫ *]: (2011)
*] Champion: (2011)
*] Winner: (2012)

==Personal==

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==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* * at euroleague.net
* at fibaeurope.com
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* at acb.com {{in lang|es}}
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* * at eurobasket.com


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{{Joventut Badalona 2007–08 ULEB Cup champions}}
{{BLB Season MVP}}


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Latest revision as of 19:40, 6 November 2024

American basketball player
Demond Mallet
Mallet with Joventut in 2009
Personal information
Born (1978-02-22) February 22, 1978 (age 46)
Leesville, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolLeesville (Leesville, Louisiana)
CollegeMcNeese State (1997–2001)
NBA draft2001: undrafted
Playing career2001–2017
PositionPoint guard
Number0, 7, 5, 20, 99, 55, 12, 9, 11
Career history
2001–2004Energy Braunschweig
2004–2006GHP Bamberg
2006–2007Rhein-Energie Cologne
2007–2009Joventut Badalona
2009–2010Türk Telekom
2010–2011Spirou Charleroi
2011–2012Maccabi Tel Aviv
2012Spirou Charleroi
2012–2013Artland Dragons
2013–2014Spirou Charleroi
2014–2016Joventut Badalona
2017SLUC Nancy
Career highlights and awards

Dayon Demond Mallet (born February 22, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at McNeese State University. Mallet spent 17 seasons as a professional player, in multiple European leagues afterwards, and won multiple championships and was named the Most Valuable Player of several competitions.

Mallet won a German League championship, and the German Cup title. He also won the ULEB Cup championship (which is now called the EuroCup), and he won the prestigious Spanish King's Cup title, with the team Joventut Badalona. Joventut later honored Mallet in his last game with the team. Mallet also won the Belgian League MVP in 2011, and the Belgium League championship that same year.

High school

Mallet attended Leesville High, in Leesville, Louisiana, where he played high school basketball.

College career

After high school, Mallet enrolled at McNeese State University, where he played college basketball with the McNeese State Cowboys. He was an NCAA Division I All-American Honorable Mention in 2001. He was also named the Southland Conference's Player of the Year, of the 2000–01 season. Mallet was inducted in the McNeese State University Hall of Fame in 2012.

Professional career

After college, Mallett played in the 2001 NBA Summer League with the Detroit Pistons' summer league squad. He also played in the 2002 NBA Summer League with the summer league squad of the Boston Celtics. Mallet played several years in Germany in 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.

In December 2011, he moved from the Belgium club, during the 2011–12 season, where he was rated as one of the best point guards in the EuroLeague that season, to Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Israel, with whom he signed a one-year contract. In April 2012, after not getting enough playing time in the rotation of Maccabi Tel Aviv, he returned to Spirou Charleroi, through the end of the 2011–12 season. The following year, Mallet signed a two-year deal with the Artland Dragons, which was rumored to be the largest contract ever given to a point guard in the German Basketball League. He returned to Spirou again, after that season, and then became a player of FIATC Joventut, where he worked as a player-coach. Mallet was honored by Joventut, at the club's arena, on May 22, 2016, with a banner and retirement of his jersey, for all of his accomplishments with the club.

On January 10, 2017, Mallet signed with the French club SLUC Nancy, for the rest of the 2016–17 Pro A season. After last playing in 2017, he officially announced his retirement from playing professional basketball, in February 2018, and on February 23, 2018, Mallet was honored in ceremony by Brose Bamberg, the club he helped win their first championship to enter the Euroleague.

Awards and accomplishments

College

Professional

Personal

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References

  1. Demond Mallet Announces Retirement in Heartfelt Letter
  2. Badalona retired the jersey of Demond Mallet
  3. "Leesville Native Demond Mallet Inducted into Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  4. Maccabi Electra lands Demond Mallet.
  5. Demond Mallet returns to Spirou Charleroi.
  6. Joventut Badalona pays tribute to Demond Mallet.
  7. "L'EXPERIENCE DEMOND MALLET ! " (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  8. "Demond Mallet announces his retirement with a heartfelt letter". Eurohoops.net. February 20, 2018.

External links

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
DKV Joventut 2007–08 ULEB Cup champions
Belgian Basketball League MVP Award
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