It is the so-called "death before the teacher is successful". Terrence Clarke, the hot rookie of the class of 2021, was frozen in a car accident that put his life at 19 forever and made his NBA dream come to naught, and there were still 5 months and 7 days left before the 2021 draft. SLAM magazine author Deyscha Smith writes an article in memory of the genius who died young.
Clark is otherworldly. He came from a well-off family and loved basketball, and as a Boston native, he wanted nothing but to enter the NBA and make his hometown proud of him. We visited the people closest to Clark and remembered him as a good son and a good brother with a magic smile, always playing exciting games.
There was a light on her son's face, and whenever she looked at his picture, she always noticed it first. He looked like an angel, so happy. The light not only flashed on his face, but also seemed to radiate around him. This is Osmine Clarke's most cherished memory of his 19-year-old son Terence. On April 22, 2021, he tragically passed away in a car accident in Los Angeles.
On a rainy August afternoon, about four months after Terrance's death, in Terrence's grandmother's whitewashed yellow house in Boston, Ausmin curled up on a soft gray couch in her bedroom and began quietly telling stories in the dim light.
She remembers it was March 19, the day Terrance announced for the NBA draft, and she and her daughter Tatyana were in Brockton. Tatyana teased her 4-year-old brother Gavin while she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the photo. The photo was no doubt taken from Face Time, and Terrance strayed slightly off the camera, grinning as the sun shone all over his body. The photo is accompanied by a line of text: "Guess who just announced the draft!" Congratulations brother, I'm so proud of you. ”
Remembering that scene, a smile appeared on Osmin's face. "He was shrouded in sunlight, and that picture was really beautiful, I felt like an angel," Osmin said, "and so much has happened since then, and Terrance is gone." It's like, I don't want to say it's a hunch or something, but aren't angels going to leave us in the end? ”
Osmin choked up, and all emotions suddenly came to mind. At this point, Gavin climbed onto her lap and drew a tissue from the box on the wooden table on the side and handed it to her mother, as if to say, "Mom, hold on." ”
"I think there was a precursor to this accident," Osmin kept saying, "but unfortunately we didn't know it at the time." (Supine Braces/Hairy)