![]() ![]() ![]() if you are a young kid, and someone who is an inspiration to you, someone that you respect so much tells you that you can’t do it, it doesn’t matter. “I’ve had so many people even at the highest level. But an event that is designed to create unforgettable moments - Michael Jordan taking off from the foul line, Vince Carter saying “it’s over” after a dunk, Aaron Gordon jumping over the Orlando Magic mascot, Dwight Howard donning the Superman cape - got a massive shot in the arm from a guy who now has more dunks in the contest (four) than he does in actual NBA games (one).“It’s a cliche, but you can really do whatever you want to do,” said McClung, who is on a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and playing in the G League. ![]() “He saved the dunk contest,” Shaquille O’Neal said, and countless others echoed those sentiments. Yet it all seems different now, after this 6-foot-2 boyish-looking guard from a small town in Virginia with trampolines for legs and only two NBA games on his resume became the league’s dunk champion and finally brought buzz back to an event that had been more criticized than celebrated over the last few years. It’s impossible to add up all the views that videos of McClung - everything from dunks to documentaries - had gotten, but it was in the hundreds of millions. Long before he won the dunk contest at NBA All-Star Saturday, he was a YouTube phenomenon. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mac McClung was not exactly an unknown. ![]()
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