Lakers owner Jeanie Buss gifts replacement NBA championship rings to Slava Medvedenko

Former Los Angeles Laker Slava Medvedenko was gifted replacement NBA championship rings after selling his original ones to help raise money for Ukraine in the war against Russia.

Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the two countries have been fighting since.

Medvedenko's rings sold for $253,534 with all of the proceeds going to his Fly High Foundationwhich focuses on repairing sports facilities and schools in areas hit hardest by the conflict.

Five months after his decision to sell the rings to help his country, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss presentedMedvedenko with new rings at an event with Lakers fans in attendance.