Famend for his Dunk Contest dramatics, Mac McClung has lastly landed some job safety past NBA All-Star Weekend.
Mac McClung lastly discovered a slam dunk alternative for NBA longevity.
Per Shams Charania of ESPN, the Slam Dunk Contest hero has landed a multi-year deal from the Indiana Pacers. Whereas the deal isn’t assured, it nonetheless stands as his first customary NBA contract since going professional in 2021.Â
McClung, 26, presently has six video games to his NBA identify, together with two with the Orlando Magic final season.
Mac McClung Lastly Will get NBA Probability!
He has spent most of his profession with Orlando’s G League affiliate Osceola, which hosted a championship run in 2023 and his MVP tour the 12 months after, incomes a title beforehand gained by Matt Carroll, Chris Boucher, and Paul Reed. In 4 G League seasons, which additionally embody stops with the associates of the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, and Philadelphia 76ers, McClung has averaged 22 factors and 5.9 assists.Â
McClung is greatest identified for his All-Star Weekend prowess, the place he is likely one of the most completed names within the famed Slam Dunk Contest. The Georgetown/Texas Tech alum has gained every of the final three exhibitions, tying Nate Robinson for essentially the most all-time.
He secured the primary three-peat final winter in San Francisco, delivering a reverse dunk with a helper that fed him by a Kia sedan’s sunroof earlier than leaping over one other assistant and dunking two balls for his finale— all whereas donning throwback jersey impressed by the Magic’s cherished look from the early 2000s.
McClung additionally took half in NBA All-Star Weekend’s Rising Stars Problem alongside 2025 MVP JD Davison and third total choose Reed Sheppard, as all of them repped the G League membership that performed for a spot in the primary occasion.
McClung is Headed to the Hoosier State
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound guard now joins the roster of the defending Japanese Convention champion Pacers (0-3), who’ve struggled following the lack of franchise face and backcourt star Tyrese Haliburton to a devastating Achilles damage throughout Recreation 7 of final 12 months’s NBA Finals.
Along with Haliburton, Indiana has additionally misplaced T.J. McConnell, in addition to Bennedict Mathurin, Andrew Nembhard, and Obi Toppin, to extra short-term illnesses. The Pacers wrap up an early three-game highway journey on Wednesday in Dallas (8:30 p.m. ET, FanDuel Sports activities Indiana) earlier than opening NBA Cup group play towards Atlanta on Friday.
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— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) October 27, 2025
To make room for McClung, the Pacers are reportedly set to launch heart James Wiseman in one other blow to the profession of the second total choose of the 2020 NBA draft. Wiseman performed one sport for Indiana, recording 4 factors with 4 rebounds in Saturday’s loss in Memphis.
His Indianapolis debut got here a 12 months and two days after his 2024-25 marketing campaign ended early on account of a torn Achilles. Wiseman was traded to Toronto at the very least 12 months’s commerce deadline however was waived shortly after.
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