Ukrainian athletes have looked for ways to help their compatriots after the russian invasion and now it was the turn of the former basketball player Slava Medvedenko.
Associated Press reported that Medvedenko will auction the two rings he won as part of the Los Angeles roster Lakers who won the 2001 and 2002 NBA championships.
The former basketball player has a foundation, Fly High Foundation, and through it he hopes to help Ukrainian children. Medvedenko declared for AP what indoor sports are the last priority for the ukrainian government and that with winter approaching gyms must be rebuilt.
“We want to restore the gymnasiums because the Russian army has bombed more than 100 schools. Our country needs a lot of money to repair schools. Gym sports are last in the repair order. In Ukraine, we have winter and children need to play insideMedvedenko stated.
Medvedenko played 249 games of regular season with the Lakers between 2000 and 2006. During that span, the Karapyshi native averaged 5.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 0.4 steals per game.
His last season, 2006-2007, was spent with the Atlanta Hawks. with a reduced role. The power forward played 14 games, none in the starting five, with an average contribution of three points and one rebound.
Before coming to the NBA, Medvedenko played with Budivelnyk Kyiv, and with the late Alita Alytus and BC Kyiv. The Ukrainian appeared for the Draft in 1998, but was not drafted.
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Medvedenko after the NBA
After his retirement from the courts, Medvedenko became a politician. In 2020 he was part of the list of candidates for the Kyiv city council through the Holos party, Unfortunately, the ex-NBA party only won nine seats; he was in the eleventh position of the list.
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