Mac McClung: No Slam Dunk Contest Repeat

Nate Robinson can breathe. In fact, we learned that Mac McClung would not participate in Dunk Contest 2026 in Los Angeles (February 14). It was Chuck Millan, a dunk specialist known for helping competition participants create their flights, who announced it on X/Twitter.

Crowned in 2023, 2024 and 2025, an unprecedented treble in the history of the event, since Nate Robinson had also won three, but not consecutively, the fullback had declared on several occasions that he could not imagine attempting the four in a row this year and this is therefore confirmed. Without us really knowing if it is indeed a choice on his part or the league.

Considered one of the best dunkers in the history of the competition, Mac McClung must in any case want to break away from this label of a simple dunker incapable of finding a place in the NBA (nine short matches in his career). Despite trials in Philadelphia, Orlando, Chicago and even Indiana, since 2023.

As he is only 27 years old, the fullback could very well try the Dunk Contest again in the future and, for now, he assures that he “ will publish the imagined dunks » with Chuck Millan « after the competition » of this year. Because he had despite everything “ prepared » things for the occasion.

Mac McClung				Percentage			Rebounds
Saison	Team	MJ	Min	Shots	3pts	LF	Off	Def	To	Pd	Fte	Int	Bp	Ct	Pts
2021-22	CHI	1	3:00	100.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0
2021-22	LAL	1	22:00	40.0	33.3	100.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	6.0
2022-23	PHI	2	20:30	45.0	36.4	60.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	4.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	12.5
2024-25	ORL	2	5:00	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2025-26	IND	3	11:20	38.9	20.0	75.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	6.3

How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.