![]() ![]() The other contestants in the four-player field were KJ Martin of the Rockets and Jericho Sims of the Knicks, who were eliminated in the preliminaries. McClung won the dunk crowd from the start with a perfect score when he dunked over two friends, tapping the backboard along the way. And he’s also enjoying a solid season in the G-League, averaging 19.1 points, 4.7 assists, 2.7 rebounds in 18 games, shooting 50% from beyond the 3-point line. He’s the first G-Leaguer to participate in the contest. He recorded a 43 1/2-inch vertical leap at the 2021 NBA Combine and became a YouTube sensation from his dunks in high school. Three of McClung's four dunks earned him straight 50s by the panel of judges, and he completed all of them on his first attempt. McClung says he realizes he needs to improve his ball-handling, which is the only barrier keeping him from the league. He has spent more time in the G-League, currently with the Delaware Blue Coats, and previously with the South Bay Lakers, where he was the league’s rookie of the year.īut he didn’t stick with the Lakers, or the Warriors, who invited him to camp. He has only four games of NBA experience. For that dunk, McClung, who’s 6-2 and 180 pounds, wore his high school jersey he broke Allen Iverson’s Virginia scoring record at Gate City High. In his final dunk, McClung delivered a 360-degree plus - meaning, he went 360 plus a few more degrees in an added reversal - that earned him a hug from Dominique Wilkins, a two-time dunk contest winner and one of the judges. Mac McClung executed perfect 50s on all but one of his dunks to win the contest over Trey Murphy III of the Pelicans in the final. SALT LAKE CITY - The AT&T Slam Dunk Contest was won by a player who technically isn’t in the NBA.īut that will change if the Sixers are just as impressed with their G-League player as the judges were Saturday. Mac McClung set the tone for the night by leaping over 2 two people and tapping the backboard on a reverse slam.ĪT&T Slam Dunk Winner: Mac McClung, Philadelphia 76ers
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