Ex-Lakers champion gifted replacement rings after being forced to sell his for $253,000

SLAVA Medvedenko has received replacement championship rings from the Los Angeles Lakers after auctioning off the originals for charity. The Ukrainian, 43, fundraised over $253,000 to help the victims of Russia’s aggression on his homeland. 2 The Los Angeles Lakers presented their former forward, Slava Medvedenko, with new championship rings after the Ukrainian sold the originals to fundraise money for victims of the war in his homeland Credit: Getty 2 Medvedenko won back-to-back NBA championships with the Lakers between 2001-2002 alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal Credit: Getty Medvedenko took up arms and joined one of Kyiv’s volunteer territorial defense… Read Full Article