Drew was a two-time NBA All-Star, and was the first player banned under the substance abuse policy instituted by league commissioner David Stern.

[3] He set the Alabama High School Athletic Association career scoring average record with 41.0 points per game.

[4] Drew made his NBA debut on October 18, 1974,[2] scoring 32 points to go along with 12 rebounds and three assists against the Chicago Bulls.

[2] Drew was traded along with Freeman Williams and cash to the Utah Jazz on September 2, 1982, in exchange for Dominique Wilkins.

[10][11] He spent the 1985–86 season with the Wyoming Wildcatters where he was nominated to the All-CBA First Team and chosen as the CBA Newcomer of the League.

[7] He was the runner-up that season in voting for the NBA Comeback Player of the Year Award behind Paul Westphal of the New York Knicks.

[11] The third-degree felony charge was reduced in a plea bargain to a suspended jail sentence, and Drew was ordered to enter a drug rehabilitation program.

[11] In January 1986, Drew became the first player to be banned by NBA commissioner David Stern for multiple violations of the league's substance abuse policy.

[17] After several years out of the public eye, Drew resurfaced in 2002, when he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he had a grip on his addiction, without going into further details.