| Larry Drew II | |
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| College | UCLA |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Position | Guard |
| Jersey # | 10 |
| Class | Senior (Redshirting) |
| Nickname | LD2 |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Born | March 5, 1990 Encino, California |
| High school | William Howard Taft High School, Woodland Hills, California |
| Former school(s) | University of North Carolina |
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Larry Drew II (born on March 5, 1990) is an American collegiate basketball player for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is the son of Larry Drew,[1] who was a first-round draft pick in the 1980 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft and is the current head coach of the Atlanta Hawks. At William Howard Taft High School, Larry Drew II won the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award as the 2008 Los Angeles City Section Player of the year[2] and was a 2008 Parade All-American.[3] He participated in the 2008 McDonald's All-American Game, where he won the 3-point shooting contest.[4]
Drew started his collegiate career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In his freshman year, Drew 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.[4] He earned a spot as the starting point guard as a sophomore, replacing Ty Lawson who was drafted by the NBA's Denver Nuggets, and had an up and down season as the Tar Heels struggled to a 20-17 overall record and failed to reach the NCAA tournament, but did advance to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship game.[5][6] For the season he averaged 8.5 points per game on just 40.2% shooting from the field, six assists and 2.1 turnovers per game.[7]
On February 3, 2011, he 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 last season, and freshman Kendall Marshall had taken over the starting point guard job in mid-January.[8] 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?"[9] Drew started attending classes at UCLA on March 28, and must 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.[9]
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