CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Terrence Ross knew it was time to alter his lifestyle, get back what he had lost, return to the kind of athlete he always was and wanted to be again.
It might have simply been the maturation of an early-20s young man, or it might have been purely trying to salvage a lilting career, but the move Ross made in the off-season has given him — and the Raptors — renewed athleticism and skill.
He’s shaved 15 pounds off his body simply by changing his diet, recapturing some of the quickness and explosiveness he thought he was losing.