Terry Rozier blossomed as a professional basketball player last year. The brash point guard took over starting duties for the Boston Celtics in the wake of a season-ending injury to All-Star teammate Kyrie Irving. And he did so adeptly.
Rozier averaged 15.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 5.1 assists as a starter last year, and played an integral role in Boston’s somewhat surprising deep postseason run, brick laying in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals notwithstanding. All in all, 2017-18 represented a meaningful developmental jump and subsequent boost in popularity for the man Celtics’ fans lovingly referred to as Scary Terry.