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.

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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:

Unlike Random Task's assault on Powers, however, this appears to have been accidental.

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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 borderlineaccidental. 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!

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