After his game against the Celtics last week, LeBron James approached a young fan, took off his shoes and handed them to the fan. It was a heartwarming moment—the kid was 16-year-old Aaron Miller, a Special Olympics athlete who had overcome severe brain damage to play basketball and golf on his high school teams. James saw Miller’s story on the JumboTron and went up to him after seeing where he was sitting in the arena. Miller happened to be wearing a pair of Nike Zoom Soldier 8 Flyease, sneakers designed for people with disabilities.

“He also had my shoes on,” James told ESPN. “I designed those shoes for kids with conditions where they can’t tie their own shoestrings, and he had a pair on. Those shoes that he had on are made for kids that can’t tie their own shoes, and it’s just one strap. When I saw his story, it was just like, I don’t know, I felt like I was a part of him. Just showing my respect, gave him my shoes. It was well received by him. It was not for you guys or the fans. It was for him.”

Miller’s look of awe—priceless.

But that’s not where the gift-giving story ends. Reddit user sportsfan113 posted the story in Reddit’s NBA community, where redditors discussed James’ good deed.

The footwear line, Flyease, was created after a teenager diagnosed with cerebral palsy wrote an open letter to Nike, saying that he was unable to wear their shoes because he couldn’t tie the laces. In response, Nike designed a shoe that’s secured with a zipper strap instead of laces. While the sneakers have made life easier for wearers, they don’t come cheap—the Nike Zoom LeBron Soldier 8 Flyease retails for $130.

In the Reddit discussion, redditor phantomknight revealed that he’s been eying them for a while.

Then, something great happened.

Phantomknight was so grateful for the gesture that he shared his story with Reddit’s NBA community.

First, he wrote about his diagnosis.

“… I have cerebral palsy. To be more precise, I have right-oriented hemiplegia, which means that the right side of my body has limited to no motor movement. To paint a picture, I cannot rotate my right ankle nor wiggle my toes, and I cannot type, hold items, or dribble a basketball with my right hand. It’s hypothesized that I have a seizure in the womb. “I refuse to let this define me. I went to physical therapy as a kid for walking, because I just couldn’t do it. I have tons of little scars along my knuckles from where I’d fall on pavement and stuff. I remember my parents tried to put me in a t-ball program for kids with physical impairments and I refused because I didn’t think anything was wrong with me. “As it turns out, I learned to do almost everything. I skated, played street baseball (and basketball), learned how to zip up my jackets and button up shirts. The latter two were tasks that I was told around 4 that would be very very difficult to master. I grew up not really knowing what life would be if I had ‘normal’ development.”

Then, he talked about his frustrations with traditional shoelaces.

“The one thing I have tried endlessly to master is how to tie up my shoes. I never could get it down with one hand. I used youtube clips but just opted to wear my skate shoes. I still slip on pre-tied (god bless my girlfriend) shoes for work or school (haha jk I got kicked out of my grad program). This system works great, up until I want to play basketball. “Yes, I play basketball (shoutout /r/Mavericks), but I always play with untied shoes. It’s led to less than stellar plays (again, shoutout /r/Mavericks) and it’s been frustrating for me.”

Here are the sneakers that gipson10 sent him.

Phantomknight shared how he’s “overjoyed and kind of overwhelmed” by the generosity he’s received from Reddit user gipson10, adding that “this month has been one of the worst in my quarter of a century on earth.” He called the act of kindness “one of the coolest things to happen in a long, long time.”

Gipson10 wants to keep the giving going, and asks people to donate to United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland, which supports children and adults with disabilities.