NBA Vine alert: Blake Griffin nails opponent in the jaw with a shoe
To quote the great Austin Powers: "Who throws a shoe? Honestly!"
Well, Mr. Powers: NBA star Blake Griffin, for one.
Griffin appeared to have been trying a new way to free up Los Angeles Clippers teammate Chris Paul during a pre-season game Wednesday night, when he threw a shoe and nailed the Toronto Raptors' Cory Joseph square in the jaw. Check it out:
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Unlike Random Task's assault on Powers, however, this appears to have been accidental.
The shoe had inadvertently fallen off another Clipper, Jamal Crawford, before Griffin tried to remove it from the court. Here's a longer look.
Conspiracy theorists, however, may recall the time Griffin dumped water on a Golden State Warriors fan -- an incident that looked borderline accidental. In case you forgot:
And finally, because we'd be remiss not to include it, here's the relevant clip from the seminal 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
In conclusion: Oh, behave!
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
