1. Matthew Ford "Mac" McClung was born on January 6,1999 and is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the Osceola Magic of the NBA G League.
33 Facts About Mac McClung
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Mac McClung played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
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Mac McClung was a consensus three-star recruit and among the highest-ranked high school players in Virginia.
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Mac McClung 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.
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Mac McClung won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest at the 2023,2024, and 2025 NBA All-Star Game.
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Mac McClung earned the 2024 NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award.
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Family members recalled in a 2018 interview that Mac McClung was extraordinarily competitive as a child.
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Mac McClung received his first significant exposure to basketball just before entering the seventh grade, when his mother Lenoir signed him up for a local youth league.
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Mac McClung first started dunking as a sophomore playing varsity basketball at Gate City High School.
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Mac McClung grew in profile as an acrobatic dunker through the rest of his high school career.
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On January 11,2018, after opposing coach James Schooler reportedly told him "you're going to Georgetown to sit", Mac McClung scored 44 points against Fern Creek High School of Louisville, Kentucky, at the Arby's Classic tournament in Bristol, Tennessee.
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Mac McClung finished the season with 1,153 points and 2,801 for his career, a VHSL all-classes record, and was again named Southwest Virginia Player of the Year by the Herald Courier.
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Mac McClung won the slam dunk contest at the Ballislife All-American Game.
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Mac McClung only played 21 games due to the injury, averaging 15.7 points, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 27 minutes per game as a sophomore.
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On May 27,2020, Mac McClung left Georgetown and announced that he would transfer to Texas Tech.
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Mac McClung entered the transfer portal again in April 2021 while simultaneously declaring for the 2021 NBA draft.
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In May 2021, Mac McClung confirmed via Twitter that he would remain in the draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility.
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On December 22,2021, Mac McClung signed a 10-day contract with the Chicago Bulls.
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Mac McClung signed a second 10-day contract with them on January 1,2022.
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On January 6,2022, Mac McClung was recalled to the main roster.
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On January 11,2022, after his 10-day contracts expired, Mac McClung was reacquired by the South Bay Lakers.
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Mac McClung joined the Lakers for the California Classic in the 2022 NBA Summer League.
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On July 22,2022, Mac McClung signed a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with the Warriors.
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On February 14,2023, Mac McClung signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, and on February 18, he won the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Contest; 19 out of his 20 scores from the judges were a perfect 50, with a lone 49 in his second dunk of the first round.
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On September 13,2023, Mac McClung signed with the Orlando Magic but was waived on October 21.
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On February 17,2024, Mac McClung won the 2024 NBA Slam Dunk Contest for the second consecutive year, joining Michael Jordan, Jason Richardson, Nate Robinson and Zach LaVine as the only players to win back-to-back contests.
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On September 20,2024, Mac McClung re-signed with the Orlando Magic and on October 19, his Exhibit 10 contract was converted into a two-way contract.
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On February 15,2025, Mac McClung won the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, having four dunks that were scored a perfect 50 by the judges.
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Mac McClung is the only player in NBA history to win the Slam Dunk Contest three years in a row.
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Mac McClung joined Nate Robinson as the only players in NBA history to win the contest three times.
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Mac McClung's parents met at Virginia Tech, where Marcus played football and Lenoir was a cheerleader.
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Mac McClung's father became an attorney, serving as Commonwealth Attorney for Scott County, Virginia as of 2018, while his mother was teaching driver's education at Gate City High.
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Mac McClung's father served as trainer for much of his youth, and the family was able to afford placing him on a Richmond-based AAU travel team.