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27th Feb 2014

Video: NBA star’s shoe explodes on the court

hey just don't make 'em like they used to

JOE

They just don’t make ’em like they used to

Manu Ginóbili is a hard worker on the basketball court, but we’ve never seen him work so hard that his shoes explode off his feet, just like they did last night in the game against the Detroit Pistons.

As he’s trying to defend against Rodney Stuckey, he seems to slip backwards on first watch, but once you go close up you can see that his shoe quite literally fell apart and he ripped open the entire side of it. Hope he brought some spares…

We’re presuming that if he didn’t already have a shoe deal with a manufacturer, then this unfortunate incident just bagged him one, provided they don’t rip apart again.