The former professional basketball player auctioned off his NBA championship rings to help rebuild a sports centre destroyed by Russian shelling
In a large basketball auditorium in Kyiv, on a dark December evening, a group of teenagers make their way up and down a court lit only by headlamps and the odd smartphone flashlight.
Mr. Medvedenko played seven seasons in the NBA, winning championships in 2001 and 2002 alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal with the Los Angeles Lakers. When his career as a player ended, he was offered a coaching job in the U.S., but he chose to return to Ukraine. Later, in a Kyiv suburb, he came across a car riddled with bullet holes, the bodies of civilians still inside. “There were big letters on this car – KIDS – but that did not stop Russians to shoot at it. It was very scary,” said the father of three.
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