While his fellow dunkers sheepishly tinkered around with their props and timing, McClung made each of his four dunks on the first try. What separates the star from the not-star-well, besides actual talent-is a flair for performing under pressure. On Saturday night, he lived up to the YouTube thumbnail billing. Even before the dunk contest, " Mac McClung OFFICIAL Senior Year Mixtape!! The Most EXCITING Player In AMERICA!" had almost three million views. His Virginia high school mixtapes earned him a cult following for his high-flying. But in a dunk contest without a real All-Star-the other participants were Trey Murphy III, Jericho Sims, and Kenyon Martin Jr.-McClung was probably the closest thing to a headliner. "Nobody knows your name," Shaq told McClung before the contest, as rude motivation. McClung signed a two-way contract with the Sixers last week and has spent most of this season with their G-League affiliate, but he became a late addition to the dunk contest slate, tapped to replace Portland's Shaedon Sharpe. To the uninitiated, Mac McClung may have seemed like just another not-star joining a not-so-starry Saturday. The likes of Grant Williams and Jaden Ivey sat courtside. (Jrue Holiday took Giannis's place as an honorary Antetokounbro). A sprained wrist kept the only good Antetokounmpo off Team Antetokounmpo in the Skills Challenge. Julius Randle, to the dismay of his own child, snuck into the three-point contest. The second night of All-Star weekend was kind of half-star, half-Guy.
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