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Originally Posted by antgirl1
Wow! XD
Yeah...now Basketballs comming in multiple colors (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, etc) are the latest thing. But there's also the casual brown. XDD
If that red, white and blue basketball was the only thing in Wilt's "hobo stick" in GWH, how would he've survived? Didn't he, like have to eat or something? XDD
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We've sorta discussed that before, but it's still an interesting topic. Bloo points out, while back at Foster's, that Wilt's toothbrush was missing, and his locker was empty, yet when he arrives in Charleston, all he has in that hobo bundle is the basketball. It's up to speculation as to what he did with his shoes, socks, toothbrush and other personal belongings; I figure he most likely tossed the toothbrush and donated everything else to a charity bin(though I have to wonder how many needy and homelss people have feet THAT big). I doubt he would have carried any food with him, since it most likely would have spoiled along the way, and I'd think that Salmonella poisoning would tend to have a very adverse effect on one's basketball skills. Most likely, Wilt would have planned on eating something at each of his stops, since most bus stops and train stations do at least have vending machines. If he did carry anything to eat with him, given the delay in his arrival at his planned destination, he surely would have eaten all that he'd packed by the time he arrived for his final confrontation with Larry. I really don't think that Wilt expected to come out of that encounter alive, win or lose. He just needed to win in order to vindicate himself TO himself, perhaps hoping that word would eventually get back to Jordan that his creation had made the "Ultimate Sacrifice" to regain his creator's respect. Wilt does seem to have that "Death Before Dishonor" code, and cannot accept quitting. He's the type who would rather die trying than to live being known as a loser or a quitter.
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