| pitbulllady |
12-18-2006 06:40 PM |
Anyone every wonder how things would have turned out for Wilt if he and Jordan had won that fateful game against Larry and his creator 30 years ago, and Wilt would not have gotten hurt?
Having known(and practically grown up with)many Black families throughout my life, I have a strong feeling that if that had not happened, and Wilt did not feel so overwhelmed with guilt and self-loathing over it, he would still very much be a part of that family today. There'd be no kicking him out when Jordan got older-once a family member, ALWAYS a family member. He'd have to go to family reunions and probably attend church, and serve as a mentor and role model for many young men of the Michaels clan for generations to come. Even if Jordan still became a famous basketball player, and even if Wilt did not actually live under the same roof with him, they'd have remained close. It's not unreasonable to assume that WILT could have become a famous athlete in his own right, alongside his creator, becoming the first-ever Imaginary Friend to become a pro basketball player. I can guarantee, though, that as long as "Mama Michaels" was still alive, regardless of how rich and famous they'd become, SHE would always have the final word! She'd probaly have thought of Wilt as one of her own, her "baby"(10 feet tall or not), and would no more have considered tossing him out like garbage just because her real son grew up than she would have thrown out Jordan himself.
I can't help but to think about how that would have been in contrast with how Mac's mom saw Bloo.
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