Sports!
Wilt Chamberlin was, arguably, one of the best professional basketball players of all time. Off the court, his prowess with the ladies is legendary. Griffin was able to throw a basketball through a hoop once and his fondness of girls is also quite well known to readers of this blog. The similarities do not end there.
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The only General Ed / Mainstream class that Griffin participates in is Physical Education. The PE Coach and some of the kids in his class worked all last semester trying to help Griffin make a free throw. Griffin has poor gross and fine motor skills and the arm strength of a T-Rex. So this was no easy task.
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After thousands of attempts, Griffin finally sunk one. Everyone made a big deal about it. Especially the coach who made an announcement about the feat over the school’s PA system and also, out of his own pocket, threw a pizza party for Griffin the following week. Griffin, in a very Wilt-like move, invited only girls to the party. He was so proud of himself and the shot was big news around this house for quite some time.
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Sticking with the basketball theme, this semester, one of the written homework assignments the PE Coach assigned to Griff was to write a 250 word essay about Wilt Chamberlin. (Apparently they give written homework in PE nowadays. I don’t think my evil – sadistic gym teachers back in the 70s even knew how to read or write.)
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During his research, Griffin learned that Mr. Chamberlin had once scored 100 points in one game. A feat that has yet to be matched to this day. Upon stumbling across this piece of information, Griffin exclaimed;
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“That’s a lot of pizza parties!!!!”
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I’m fairly certain Wilt, like Griffin, celebrated his success that night with several girls. However, I’m pretty sure pizza wasn’t involved, though.
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