MIAMI, September 5 – The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed guard
Larry Drew II. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Earlier this month, Drew II won a gold medal as a member of the United States
team at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup. He appeared in five games and averaged 4.6
points, 5.0 assists, 2.0 rebounds, 1.00 steals and 19.4 minutes while shooting
52.9 percent from the floor.
During the 2016-17 season, Drew II played in 10 games (one start) as a member of
the Sioux Falls Skyforce and averaged 8.1 points, 5.9 assists, 2.7 rebounds and
23.5 minutes while shooting 47.7 percent from the floor, 40 percent from
three-point range and 71.4 percent from the foul line. He also played
internationally in Lithuania with BC Neptunas during the 2016-17 season and in
Puerto Rico with the Pirates de Quebradillas. Drew II saw action in 21 games
with BC Neptunas in Lithuanian Basketball League play and averaged 8.2 points,
5.6 assists, 3.0 rebounds, 1.05 steals and 25.2 minutes. In Basketball Champions
League play with BC Neptunas, he appeared in 14 games and averaged 9.2 points,
5.3 assists, 2.4 rebounds, 1.00 steals and 23.6 minutes. In six games with the
Pirates de Quebradillas of the Puerto Rico-BSN (Baloncesto Superior Nacional) he
averaged 7.7 points, 5.2 assists, 1.5 rebounds and 22.7 minutes.
In 96 career NBA G League games, all with Sioux Falls, Drew II has averaged 10.8
points, 7.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds, 1.48 steals and 33.6 minutes while shooting
47.6 percent from the floor, 41.6 percent from three-point range and 71.4
percent from the foul line. Drew II, who was a member of the Skyforce’s 2015-16
NBA G League championship team, holds the NBA G League single-game assist record
with 23 in a win over the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on Dec. 25, 2014.
Drew II has previously been in training camp with the HEAT in both 2013 and
2014. His lone NBA regular season experience came during the 2014-15 season when
he appeared in 12 games (one start) with the Philadelphia 76ers and averaged 3.8
points, 3.7 assists, 1.2 rebounds and 18.3 minutes.
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