McClung, who previously said he was undecided about accepting an invitation to take part on this 12 months’s dunk contest, will fill out a four-player discipline that additionally contains Bucks wing Andre Jackson, Bulls ahead, Matas Buzelis and Spurs guard Stephon Castle.
McClung has received every of the previous two dunk contests and will likely be seeking to develop into the primary participant for the reason that occasion’s inception in 1984 to three-peat. Nate Robinson, who got here out on high in 2006, 2009 and 2010, is the one participant to win the dunk contest greater than twice.
Identified for his explosiveness and highlight-reel finishes, McClung was invited to compete within the dunk contest in 2023 and 2024 regardless of not being on an NBA roster in both occasion (he ended up signing a two-way contract with Philadelphia a couple of week earlier than the ’23 contest). This time round, he’s below contract with the Magic, although he hasn’t seen a lot motion on the NBA degree for Orlando this season, logging simply 5 minutes in a single look again in October.
McClung continues to make an affect within the G League, averaging 20.2 factors, 5.3 assists and three.5 rebounds in 32.5 minutes per recreation throughout 24 outings for the Osceola Magic. Nonetheless, his taking pictures numbers have dropped off this season — the reigning NBAGL Most Invaluable Participant is making simply 30.1 p.c of his three-point makes an attempt after hitting at the least 38.0 p.c in every of the earlier three years.
This 12 months’s dunk contest will happen on Saturday, February 15.