NBA website is confused about who Larry Drew is (Photo)

By Josh Hill | Jan 16, 2015

Mar 20, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; Milwaukee Bucks head coach Larry Drew calls out to his players against the Golden State Warriors during the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 115-110. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

The internet is a hard place to self-edit, and NBA.com fell victim to their own mistake on Friday when they forgot who Larry Drew was.

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Larry Drew is on the west coast at the moment, coaching in a back-to-back for the Cleveland Cavaliers as the team takes on both Los Angeles based teams. That’s according to reality — according to the Matrix known as the interweb, Larry Drew plays for the Miami Heat and has amassed no career stats.

That’s pretty sad for a 56-year old man who has been around the NBA his entire life. In actuality, Larry Drew scored 8110 points in his career and ranks 480th all-time in scoring. The reason for the mix up has less to do with an error in statistics and more to do with an oversight with people named Larry Drew in the NBA.

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That’s Larry Drew alright, but it’s not the right one.

The Larry Drew that is supposed to be there is the Larry Drew that sprang from the loins of the elder Larry Drew. Larry Drew II indeed plays in the NBA and scored his first points of his career with — you guessed it — the Miami Heat on Friday night.

It’s easy to mix up the two guys named Larry Drew but you’d think that someone would be on top of which one was which. The younger Larry Drew has a long way to go if he wants to catch his father’s scoring total, but he’s on his way there. Then again, if you listen to NBA.com, Larry Drew II is already ahead of his father who apparently played in 714 games in his long career but never scored any points.

[H/T: SB Nation]

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