I don't think anyone else has ever brought up this comparison before but when you mentioned using the teeth to hold things...well it's just that sometimes I compare Wilt with Creb, the deformed, one-armed one-eyed holy man from Clan of the Cave Bear (he developed severe dental problems late in life because he held things in his teeth so often). Of course, Creb was
born deformed (though he lost his arm and eye in a cave bear attack) so he always had to deal with that part. In fact he would have been Clan leader if he hadn't been born deformed, so instead his younger brother Brun took over. But *becuase* of his deformity and later his loss of limb and eye, Creb concentrated on his spiritual studies and later became the greatest Mog-ur (holy man) ever known to *any* Clan. His initial deformity was caused by the fact that his head was unnaturally large and it was that superior brain that made it possible for him to the greatest Mog-ur...but he wouldn't have studied so hard if he wasn't crippled.
What I'm saying of course is that Wilt was imagined to be a great basketball player, he was created that way. But his injuries probably spurred him on to be an even *better* basketball player...and person. He probably never would have been as good as he is now if he hadn't been in the accident. I'm just saying that all that reminds me of Creb. Sorry if I'm way out there.
