Written by Adarsh Kumar Gupta
Mac McClung, an upcoming basketball participant emerged victorious within the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday. The spectators had been caught without warning as he beat an experinced Trey Murphy III within the last spherical to win the competition. Among the many different occasions of the evening, the Abilities Problem was received by Workforce Jazz (Jordan Clarkson, Walker Kessler, Collin Sexton) with 300 whole factors whereas 3-point Contest was received by Damian Lillard with 26 factors within the last spherical.
McClung delivered a flawless efficiency, attaining all of the dunks in his very first try. Of his 4 dunks, three obtained an ideal 50 from the judges, and the opposite received a 49.8. A number of followers received curious to know McClung’s bodily attributes together with his top and vertical leap.
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As per reviews, he stands 6′ 2″ and has a measured vertical leap of 43.5 inches as noticed on the NBA G League Draft Mix. Curiously, it is within the high ten vertical leaps in draft mix historical past, together with the NBA. Some claims are doing the rounds that McClung’s vertical leap may attain 47 to 48 inches in highschool.
McClung first grew to become widespread as a result of his high-flying dunks in highschool earlier than enjoying school basketball at Georgetown and Texas Tech. He was then chosen for the 2021 NBA draft however went undrafted. He received to play LA Lakers’ G League affiliate in 2021 earlier than the Chicago Bulls signed him to a ten-day deal. He later made his NBA debut on Dec. 30 that yr in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks, scoring two factors.
However regardless of his unbelievable present on Saturday, the Dunk Champion has a protracted method to go earlier than cementing his place as a participant within the league. However he can positively bask within the glory as having performed solely 2 NBA video games, he took the fewest matches to win a dunk contest. He additionally joined Spud Webb as the one gamers 6’2″ or shorter with three “50” dunks in a single contest.