The 76ers' fresh-faced point guard was the undisputed star of the night. In every round of the dunk contest, McClung bungeed his 6'2' frame up to the net with flourish.
To pay tribute to his hometown of Gate City, Virginia , he pulled on his high school jersey for the final dunk.He went undrafted in 2021 and joined the Lakers' summer league, signing with the team after that.
He moved to the Chicago Bulls for a short contract the next year, eventually ending up in the NBA G League with the Bulls' affiliate, Windy City. When invited to the dunk contest this year, he was part of the Delaware Blue Coats for the 2022-23 season, making him the first G League player to participate. What's the big deal?
This is a much-needed boost for McClung, who has only played two NBA games in two years — one for the Bulls and one for the Lakers — and scored three baskets overall. It's also a big moment for the contest itself, which many fans say was going out of fashion because the NBA's biggest stars no longer participated in it.He stacked two friends high, soared over both of them to grab the ball, tapped the backboard and THEN sank a reverse. Then a clean leap over a grown man's head with a full clutch. And finished with the near-impossible 540-degree dunk, which is one-and-a-half rotations in the air.
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