Some NBA gamers who win the league’s Slam Dunk contest throughout All-Star weekend are widely known and have really effective professions, however others blow over rather rapidly.

Mac McClung is among the more unlikely Slam Dunk champs basketball has actually ever seen — after several stints in the G League, he won the dunk contest in 2023, although he hadn’t played a single NBA video game yet that season.

The Philadelphia 76ers.had actually signed him to a two-way agreement simply days before his All-Star weekend accomplishment, and after investing last season with the G League’s Osceola Magic and winning another Slam Dunk contest, the Orlando Magic have actually signed him to a partly ensured offer, per Shams Charania.

Guard Mac McClung – the back-to-back NBA Slam Dunk Contest champ and 2024 G League MVP – has actually settled on a partly ensured handle the Orlando Magic, sources inform @TheAthletic. McClung went to camp with the Magic last season and will once again contend for a lineup area. pic.twitter.com/IIjiAjLlw8

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 4, 2024

McClung completed last season as the Most Valuable Player of the G League by balancing 25.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.6 helps a video game while shooting 47.0 percent from the field and 36.0 percent from 3-point variety.

He went undrafted in 2021 after investing 2 years at Georgetown University and one year at Texas Tech University.

The Magic have an appealing young group that includes 2022-23 Rookie of the Year and 2023-24 All-Star forward Paolo Panchero, forward Franz Wagner and guard Jalen Suggs, and they’re coming off their very first playoff look considering that 2020.

They’re intending to take the next action and win their very first playoff series considering that 2010, the year after they suddenly reached the NBA Finals.

Orlando has actually gone from a laughingstock to a decent group by welcoming defense, and it led to them ranking 3rd in protective ranking this previous season.

Of course, they’re hoping McClung becomes a rough diamond who will assist them enhance a lot more.

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