Malcolm Hill
Malcolm Hill was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on October 26th, 1995 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 28, Malcolm Hill biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Following his junior season in which he averaged 23.8 points and shot 44% from three-point range, Hill verbally committed to Illinois and former head coach Bruce Weber on September 12, 2011. Prior to verbally committing, Hill listed Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio State, Providence, UCLA, Xavier, and Wisconsin as the other schools he had considered.
During his senior season, Hill broke his previous single season scoring mark he set during his junior season increasing his scoring total from 666 points to 708 total points. He averaged 25.3 points, 6.1 rebounds 2.3 steals and 1.9 blocks during his final year at Belleville, and also finished in third place for Mr. Illinois Basketball voting, finishing behind Simeon's Jabari Parker and Whitney Young's Jahlil Okafor.
After head coach John Groce was hired on March 29, 2012, Hill reaffirmed his verbal commitment to Illinois, and officially signed his National Letter of Intent on November 14, 2012.
College career
Hill made his first start, along with fellow freshman Kendrick Nunn, for the Fighting Illini on February 9, 2014, against Penn State, scoring 11 points and helping the team end an 8-game losing streak.
On January 7, 2015, Hill scored a career-high 28 points as a sophomore to lead the Fighting Illini to a win at home against 11th-ranked Maryland when Illinois' leading scorer Rayvonte Rice was sidelined with a broken hand.
As a junior, Hill was named one of ten finalists for the 2016 Jerry West Award which is awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the best collegiate shooting guard in the United States. In a double-overtime loss to Penn State at the end of the 2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Hill set another career high scoring 39 points. Hill's 39 points were the most since Brandon Paul scored 43 points against Ohio State in 2012 and the seventh most points scored by an Illini player in program history. Following his junior season, Hill became the only Illinois basketball player to record 600 points, 200 rebounds and 100 assists in a single season. On November 13, 2016, Hill bested that career mark with 40 points in a 79-64 victory over Northern Kentucky. Following his senior season, Hill was invited to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, which is held annually in Portsmouth, Virginia to showcase college basketball's best seniors.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Hill joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2017 NBA Summer League and in July, he signed with the Star Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the 2017 PBA Governors' Cup, where he averaged 26 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3 assists.
In September 2017, Hill signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga.
After his first season in Germany, Hill joined the Utah Jazz for the 2018 NBA Summer League and in October, 2018, he signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg for the 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga season.
On August 16, 2019, Hill signed with BC Astana of the Kazakhstan Championship, where he averaged 20.2 points, 4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.
Hill joined House of 'Paign, a team composed primarily of Illinois alumni in The Basketball Tournament 2020. He scored 14 points and had four rebounds in a 76-53 win over War Tampa in the first round.
On August 17, 2020, Hill signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Basketball Champions League.
On October 9, 2021, Hill signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. However, he was waived prior to the start of the season. On October 25, he signed with the Birmingham Squadron as an affiliate player. In 14 games, he averaged 16.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.6 steals in 31.6 minutes per game.
On December 22, 2021, Hill signed a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks. In his 3 appearances, he averaged 5.7 points, 2 rebounds and 0.3 assist in 15.3 minutes per game.
On January 14, 2022, Hill signed a 10-day contract with the Chicago Bulls. On January 19, he signed a two-way contract.
International career
In June 2015, Hill was among the 22 players who earned an invitation to the training camp for the 2015 U.S. Pan American Men's Basketball team at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Competition took place July 21–25 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. However, Hill was not selected for the final roster.