Mac McClung
Celebrity
- Birthday
- January 6, 1999
- Age
- 27
- Birthplace
- Gate City
- @macmcclung37
About
Matthew Ford “Mac” McClung (born January 6, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. He played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He was a consensus three-star recruit and among the highest-ranked high school players in Virginia. He is one of two players to be a three-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion, alongside Nate Robinson, and the only player to win three consecutive Slam Dunk Contests.
McClung went unselected in the 2021 NBA draft and spent time during the 2021–22 season with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. He won the 2021–22 NBA G League Rookie of the Year award with the South Bay Lakers of the G League. McClung joined the Blue Coats for the 2022–23 season and signed with the 76ers in February 2023. He won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest at the 2023, 2024, and 2025 NBA All-Star Game. He has earned the 2024 and 2026 NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award, and holds the record for the most points scored in G League History.
McClung grew up in Gate City, Virginia, a small town of about 2,000 in the Tri-Cities metropolitan area straddling the Tennessee…
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