Slava Medvedenko, a native of Ukraine who won two NBA titles with the Lakers, is selling his championship rings to raise money for his home country
player Slava Medvedenko is selling his two NBA championship rings to raise money for his native Ukraine.
“We want to restore gyms because the Russian army bombed more than a hundred schools,” he told The Associated Press by phone on Sunday. “Our country, they need a lot of money to fix the schools. Sports gyms are going to be last in the line to fix it. In Ukraine, we have winter and kids need to play inside.”
“In this moment I just decided, ‘Why do I need these rings if they’re just sitting in my safe?’” Medvedenko said. “I just recognize I can die. After that, I just say I have to sell them to show people leadership, to help my Ukrainian people to live better, to help kids.”
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