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Terry Rozier nearly fell prey to tough ’hood himself as kid

The year had been even crueler than usual when Amanda Tucker took her 10-year-old grandson to a basketball clinic at Cleveland’s Zelma Watson George Recreation Center.

Terry Rozier spent that summer of 2013 with his father, who had just been released from prison following a 10-year sentence. They had three months together — their first shared time since the night Terry was born — but it took only that smidgen of time before Terry Sr. was arrested again and charged with involuntary manslaughter for his involvement in a robbery and kidnapping that led to the accidental death of an accomplice.