I have no idea where the NBA All-Star Game story came from. I've seen it repeated in several news stories even though it is easily shown to be false, as you and I both did on our own.
To be honest, I don't know where the Skittles story came from, or why it even matters, except that it is all meant to paint a certain sort of picture. Isn't it enough just to say he was returning to his father's place? As the story you linked to shows, it isn't his family who offered the stories of Skittles and basketball.
There are just too many people assuming, exaggerating and simply making things up in this story to try to reinforce whatever version of events they've decided is true.
I am not accusing and only making an observation here.
Trayvon’s mother has been quoted as saying things that make me scratch my head. Like she has been fed different stories. One she says Trayvon was sitting on a porch when he was killed. She has also said Trayvon went to the store because he was bored.
She is quite torn up and I can understand how that is— she was obviously crazy about her son. But it also makes me wonder what all Trayvon’s father has told her, too. I don’t know why but I’ve been puzzling and wondering about the dad for a few days now. It is also interesting that the dad says it is not Trayvon on the tape, now he says it is? He also didn’t hunt Trayvon straight away.
The Skittles story could have come from Trayvon’s girlfriend, maybe? She was supposedly on the phone on and off the whole time he walked to and from the store. Maybe Trayvon told her he was going to get his little brother Skittles?