Larry Donelle Drew II (born March 5, 1990) is an American former professional

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player. He won the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award in 2008 before starting his

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career with the

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. He went on to win a national championship in 2009 with the Tar Heels before deciding to leave the program midseason in 2011. He transferred to the

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' program, where he played one season and broke the single-season school record for assists. Drew was named to the All-Pac-12 first team. He won a gold medal with the United States national team at the

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in 2017.

Early life

Drew is the son of

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, who was a first-round draft pick in the

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before becoming a head coach in the league. At William Howard Taft High School, Drew won the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award as the 2008 Los Angeles City Section Player of the year and was also a third-team ''Parade'' All-American that year. He participated in the 2008 McDonald's All-American Game, where he won the 3-point shooting contest.

College career

North Carolina

Drew started his collegiate career at

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. In his freshman year, he averaged 1.4 points, 1.9 assists, 1.2 turnovers, and 1.1 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per game as the Tar Heels won the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I championship. He became the starting

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as a sophomore, replacing Ty Lawson who departed for the NBA. Drew had an up and down season as the Tar Heels struggled to a 20–17 overall record and failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament. However, they did advance to the

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(NIT) championship game. For the season, Drew averaged 8.5 points per game on 40.2% shooting from the field, with six assists and 2.1 turnovers per game. On February 3, 2011, Drew left the University of North Carolina's basketball program in the middle of the season. In his last game with the Tar Heels, he had nine assists in 19 minutes in a 106–74 victory over

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. He did not cite any reasons, but his playing time, scoring, and assist numbers were all down from the prior season, and freshman

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had supplanted him as starting point guard in mid-January. However, in a

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in March on his 21st birthday, Drew rapped, "The past three years I can't undo, so now I'm making all the moves that I want to ... They tried to tell me just to play my role, but who's really trying to stick to a script that's full of typos?"

UCLA

Drew started attending classes at UCLA on March 28, and had to sit out the 2011–12 season before using his final season of eligibility. Drew joined former Tar Heel twins,

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and Travis Wear, who also transferred to UCLA. Drew began the 2012–13 season as the Bruins lone senior player. He was also their only true point guard, a position he shared with freshman Kyle Anderson. In the final game of the regular season, Drew broke

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's school record for most assists in a season. Drew was named to the All-Pac-12 first team.

Professional career

2013–14 season

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Drew joined the

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for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 23, 2013, he signed with the Heat. However, he was later waived by the Heat on October 21. On October 31, he was acquired by the

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. On November 23, he made his professional debut in a 103–73 win over the Reno Bighorns, recording nine points, three rebounds and six assists in 32 minutes.

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Drew re-joined the Heat for the

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. On October 20, he re-signed with the Heat, however they waived him on October 25, when he accepted their assignment back to Sioux Falls. He was officially reacquired by the Skyforce on November 3. He went on to deliver a D-League record 23 assists on December 25 in the 135–129 win over the

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. On January 16, 2015, Drew signed a 10-day contract with the

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. On January 26, he signed a second 10-day contract with the 76ers. Hours later, he made his first NBA start against the

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; Philadelphia was without starting point guard Michael Carter-Williams, who was out sick, and backup Tony Wroten had been sidelined with a knee injury. League rules limited teams to signing a single player to a maximum of two 10-day deals. Needing to sign Drew to a fully guaranteed contract if they wished to retain him, the team instead signed

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to a 10-day contract on February 5, citing the desire for roster "flexibility." On February 6, he returned to the Skyforce.

2015–16 season

During the offseason, Drew played for the

during the 2015 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, where he was named to the All-NBA Summer League Second Team. Following the conclusion of the Summer League, he signed with

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of the

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in France for 2015–16. On March 15, 2016, he parted ways with Monaco after averaging 4.1 points per contest in 18 games. On March 28, 2016, Drew was reacquired by the

. The next day, he made his season debut in a 125–107 win over the

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, recording three points, one rebound and two assists in nine minutes off the bench. He helped the Skyforce win the league championship with a 2–1 Finals series win over the

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2016–17 season

On August 2, 2016, Drew signed a one-year contract with

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in Lithuania. On February 10, 2017, he parted ways with Neptūnas due to disciplinary issues. On March 2, 2017, Drew was acquired by the

2017—18 season

Drew Joined the

for the 2017

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in Orlando. He later signed with Miami for his third training camp with the Heat. On October 12, he was waived by the Heat. On January 23, 2018, Drew signed a 10-day contract with the

. In March, he signed two 10-day contracts with the

, but was not re-signed after the team signed former Pelicans guard Jordan Crawford.

National team career

Drew played for the United States national team at the

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, where he won a gold medal. He averaged 4.6 points, 5.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game in the tournament.

Career statistics

NBA statistics

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College statistics

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Notes

References

External links

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Larry Drew II
at nbadleague.com
Larry Drew II
at UCLABruins.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Drew, Larry II 1990 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania American men's basketball players AS Monaco Basket players Basketball players from Los Angeles BC Neptūnas players McDonald's High School All-Americans New Orleans Pelicans players North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) People from Encino, Los Angeles Philadelphia 76ers players Point guards Sioux Falls Skyforce players UCLA Bruins men's basketball players Undrafted National Basketball Association players United States men's national basketball team players William Howard Taft Charter High School alumni