After receiving his championship ring, Jokic looks unimpressed and knows he won’t have any more room for this hunk of metal at his home due to already having so many horse-riding trophies. So he decides to just trash it.

LeBron sees this and decides to look for it after the game. So once the game concludes, he slips into the dumpster bins at the back of the stadium and rummages through all the beer cups, half eaten hot-dogs, popcorn, nachos. And he finds the ring.

Would you count this ring towards his legacy?

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    Under British common law, which the US is based off of, no, probably not. Armory v. Delamirie was one of the seminal court cases in establishing that possession conferred ownership, especially in absence of the rightful owner.

    Jokic, in discarding the ring, can be seen to have forfeited the ring, LeBron, having recovered it, may be seen as having exerted ownership of the ring; however, Grafstein v. Holme & Freeman determined that when a party gains access to an item while operating in course of their employment, the property belongs to said employer.

    So, I’d guess no, LeBron doesn’t come a 5 time champion, but the Lakers do become 18 time champs