Former NBA guard Lou Williams recalled an unusual incident in Philadelphia when a man attempted to rob him at gunpoint but changed his mind after recognizing the basketball player.

Williams explained that the encounter happened after he left a barbershop, shortly after his security guard had driven away in a separate vehicle.

“The crazy thing about the story is my security was actually with me. He was in the car behind me, and I was leaving the barbershop. He called me, he said, ‘You good?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m going to go to the house.’ I watched him in my rearview mirror U-turn and go the other way.”

While stopped at a traffic light, Williams heard someone tapping on his window.

The man demanded that he get out of the vehicle, but the situation changed when Williams rolled down his window and the two recognized each other.

“When he goes the other way, I look down at my phone and I heard somebody tap on my window. But I’m at a light and I just look up. He like, ‘Get out the car.’ My stupid ass roll the window down… But that’s actually the best thing I could’ve did because when I rolled the window down, we looked at each other and he said, ‘Lou Will, can’t even do it to you, bro.’”

According to Williams, the man explained that he had recently been released from jail and had no money for food.

Rather than leaving immediately, Williams offered to buy him something to eat at a nearby McDonald’s.

“He said, ‘Man, I just got out of jail. Only thing I got is a bus ticket. I’m out here starving.’ And I was just thinking on my feet. I said, ‘Look, it’s a McDonald’s right there. You meet me at the McDonald’s, I’ll buy you whatever you want to eat.’ He ran to the McDonald’s. I thought I’m about to dip on him, but I’m like, no, I gave him my word. I called my security. I’m like, ‘Yo, come to the McDonald’s right now.’”

Williams followed through on his promise and met the man at the restaurant after contacting his security guard.

He recalled that the man ordered several items, apparently taking advantage of the opportunity to get enough food for more than one meal.

“I meet him at the McDonald’s. When I get to the counter, he ordering the gang of shit. Like three double cheeseburgers, he’s racking up for the week. So the dude ordered a bunch of food. I’m like, ‘Man, good luck to you dog.’ I paid for it and I got up out of there.”