Larry Drew II

However, in a freestyle rap 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?"

Drew is the son of Larry Drew, who was a first-round draft pick in the 1980 NBA draft before becoming a head coach in the league.

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

He won the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award in 2008 before starting his college basketball career with the North Carolina Tar Heels.

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.

Drew started his collegiate career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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 UCLA Bruins' 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.

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 point guard 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 National Invitation Tournament (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 Boston College.

He did not cite any reasons, but his playing time, scoring, and assist numbers were all down from the prior season, and freshman Kendall Marshall had supplanted him as starting point guard in mid-January.

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, David 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 Pooh Richardson's school record for most assists in a season.

Drew was named to the All-Pac-12 first team.

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Drew joined the Miami Heat 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 Sioux Falls Skyforce.

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.

In July 2014, Drew re-joined the Heat for the 2014 NBA Summer League.

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 Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

On January 16, 2015, Drew signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.

On January 26, he signed a second 10-day contract with the 76ers.

Hours later, he made his first NBA start against the New Orleans Pelicans; 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 Tim Frazier to a 10-day contract on February 5, citing the desire for roster "flexibility."

On February 6, he returned to the Skyforce.

He won a gold medal with the United States national team at the FIBA AmeriCup in 2017.