NBA players are showing what good Samaritans they are this preseason. The Portland Trail Blazers’ Evan Turner recently helped a stranger out after he saw her involved in a car accident.

Utah Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha took the helping to another level, though, as he saved someone from drowning in a river.

According to Kyle Goon of the Salt Lake Tribune, while Sefolosha was enjoying a rafting trip with his family on the Provo River in Utah, he helped rescue a woman who had capsized from her raft.

With about 20 minutes left on the trip, Clark hit a boulder in the stream and flipped over. Her tube and oars quickly floated downstream. Her life vest rode up past her head, and she was struggling for air.

“I always wondered how people drowned in small water before this happened,” she said. “The water was so swift, I couldn't catch my breath. It was really terrifying.”

One of her friends, Heidi Bishop, grabbed her shirt and tried to take her along with her, but she was worried that Clark might capsize her as well. As she thrashed along in the water, Clark was hitting rocks in the stream, gathering cuts and bruises.

They asked for help from at least one other person as they struggled: He advised them to keep along as they were and then went on his way.

It was at this moment of peril that the Sefoloshas came up the river. Thabo asked if he could help, then helped lift her into his raft.

After rescuing the woman, Sefolosha also went out of his way to call and check up on her recovery. The Jazz player was not eager to claim any credit, though, saying “I didn’t save nobody.”

But even with his denials, Thabo Sefolosha should rightly be lauded for his act of heroism and kindness as he helped someone in need when others declined. Because of that, he quite possibly helped save a woman’s life.