Bashkimi inks Malcolm Rhett

Malcolm Rhett

KB Bashkimi Prizren (Superliga) signed 31-year-old American (who also has a Dominican Republic passport) power forward Malcolm Rhett (206cm-107kg-1992, college: Ole Miss) for the upcoming 2024-25 season. He is the second foreign player on the roster, with Croatian Robert Rikic having signed earlier. Rhett played last season at Bangui in the Central Africa D1 league and also had a stint with the Skyhawks in the U.S. NBA G-League, where he averaged just 1.1ppg and 1.5rpg in 8 games.
He is a very experienced player. Rhett has played in fifteen different countries on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America). He has played professionally in Argentina (Obras), Brazil (Flamengo), Canada (Honey Badgers), Croatia (Cibona), France (Cholet Basket and Boulazac Basket), Greece (PAOK Mateco Thessaloniki), Italy, Latvia, Lebanon (Tadamon), Philippines, Poland (GTK and MKS), Puerto Rico (Capitanes and Indios), Taiwan (Pauian), Dominican Republic (Marineros, La Villa, Leones, Titanes, and Rafael Barias), and Mongolia (BCH Garid).
Rhett was voted to the Dominican Republic LNB All-Star Game in 2022.
He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2015 and it will be his tenth season as a professional player. Rhett played also for Tennessee State University for 3 years.


KB Bashkimi Prizren roster for 2024-25:

Guards:
Valon Bunjaku
Fis Jashari
Besim Bytyqi

Center:
Robert Rikic