Meet the Trick Master.
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Truck driver and basketball Trick Master, Victor Wells of Hillside, NJ with his tools of the trade, Friday, May 22, 2009. Broken down along Mount Rose Avenue in Springettsbury Township on his way on a run to Baltimore, Wells spent his time waiting on a mechanic practicing his basketball tricks, delighting passing motorists.
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My daughter called from the high school this morning (getting me out of bed), needing me to run some things up that she forgot. On my way back to the house, I stopped for the traffic light at Mt. Rose Avenue and glanced to my right. There was a tractor trailer sitting in the parking lot of the old Tom’s with it’s hood up, and a guy doing his best Harlem Globetrotters impersonation beside it.
Even though I had a TON of stuff to do on my day off, I decided that a feature like this doesn’t happen very often and quickly pulled into the lot to find out who this basketball spinning truck driver was.
Victor Wells is a former All American basketball player who was drafted for the NBA but then became a truck driver. Wells practices when he’s waiting for loads to be put on his truck, or when his big rig leaves him waiting for a repair. Check out the video (click on the photo) to hear Wells describe his life on the road with his basketballs.
