Aaron Gordon’s shoe rockets off his foot during game (Video)

The Orlando Magic rookie somehow lost his shoe during a play

It starts out as just an ordinary play.

Here comes Aaron Gordon, the Orlando Magic rookie. His team is playing the Miami Heat. He’s bringing up the ball, and then… his shoe explodes off his foot somehow.

Skeptical? You can see it all here:

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I can’t even begin to explain what happened there. The shoe seems to have a mind of its own. It’s untouched by anything, yet it shoots off his foot like a rocket.

Admirably, Aaron Gordon tried to finish the play, and it would have been quite an achievement if he’d succeeded.

It looks like he has that James Bond ejector seat in his shoe, and one of his toes accidentally pressed it on his way up the court. I don’t know, have you got a better explanation? This defies logic. Maybe we need to ask Bill Nye the Science Guy what happened here.

Well it appears to have been an isolated incident. Gordon could have gotten hurt on that play, and it’s lucky he didn—

Uh oh.

(h/t SB Nation)

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