"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" is a motto NBA star Terry Rozier will clearly never forget ... 'cause he just got it permanently put on his back in the form of a 3-foot tattoo.
TMZ Sports has learned ... the Charlotte Hornets guard wanted the three wise monkeys who symbolize the motto inked on him this month, so he hit up his go-to artist, Mike Miller.
The two linked up in Miami over the Fourth of July weekend, and Miller went to work .