NBA Players, Fans React to Mac McClung's Historic Slam Dunk Contest Victory

McClung became the first player to win three straight slam dunk contests.

McClung celebrates with the trophy after winning the slam dunk competition. / Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

Mac McClung stands alone among dunkers in NBA history.

With four straight scores of 50 during the 2025 Slam Dunk Contest on All-Star Weekend at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Ca. on Saturday, the Orlando Magic guard became the first player in league history to win three consecutive dunk contests.

NBA players, both those in attendance and not, were more than impressed with McClung.

Players couldn't BELIEVE Mac McClung's 1st dunk...

🤯🤯🤯 #ATTSlamDunk https://t.co/dTqfwLMM8N pic.twitter.com/avDCsRkEyd

— NBA (@NBA) February 16, 2025

MAC DUNK DIFFERENT OMG🔥🔥🔥🔥

— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) February 16, 2025

mac might make me decide to dunk

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) February 16, 2025

If you do it. I’ll do it with you 💯 https://t.co/dsKglTiTca

— Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) February 16, 2025

Fans kept the conversation going.

Mac McClung replacing Vince Carter as the goat of the Dunk contest pic.twitter.com/yoGIgb5yoD

— Salt 💫 (@ilySalt) February 16, 2025

THREE-PEAT MAC pic.twitter.com/HtZHidlbCh

— DraftKings Network (@DKNetwork) February 16, 2025

The best to ever do it. That was fun

— Tictacmagic (@tictacmagicNFT) February 16, 2025

Others joked that McClung, who plays on a two-way contract for the Osceola Magic of the NBA G-League and has appeared in just five NBA games in his career, is going to retreat back out of the spotlight after winning the dunk contest once again.

Mac McClung showing up once a year to carry the dunk contest before disappearing back to the G-League pic.twitter.com/MypAffejpo

— 🦉 (@kat_wrld) February 16, 2025

Mac McClung every NBA All-Star weekend 😂 pic.twitter.com/0CW30SJpIu

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) February 15, 2025

All jokes aside, McClung has clearly established himself as one of the greatest dunkers the NBA has ever seen, one confident and gifted enough to attempt ridiculous things like this.

Mac McClung jumps over someone on a riser, taps the rim with the ball and then slams pic.twitter.com/I5d4KBS1aX

— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) February 16, 2025

Seven players have won the slam dunk contest at least two times. Two players, Nate Robinson and Mac McClung, have won it three times.

Only McClung has won it three straight times. Give the man his flowers.

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