More than thirty years after the release of the legendary film White men can’t jump (White people can’t jump) with Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes, the American streaming platform Hulu has just announced the next release of its remake with rapper Jack Harlow in the lead role. Snapshot of this news, Mac McClung flew over the NBA All Star Game dunk contest on Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah. Completely unknown to the general public, this little undrafted 1.88m playmaker has so far only participated in a handful of NBA games since 2021, with the Lakers, Bulls and Warriors (4 points and 1.5 bounce average).
Currently engaged with the Philadelphia Sixers for a short contract, the 24-year-old American player was therefore a bit of a surprise guest at the Slam dunk contest, he who mainly shines in the American minor league (the G-League), with the Blue Coats of Delaware. Really not a profile to become, in just four dunks, the hype from the weekend to the glitz of American basketball.
Maximum three marks out of four attempts
Yet this is what happened in an eminently spectacular way. From his first attempt, a dunk overturned over… two people, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo found himself speechless, with his child in one arm. Mac McClung inherited three times (out of four) the maximum mark (50/50) and finished Trey Murphy III (Pelicans) with a mind-blowing reverse… at 540 degrees. Yes yes, an unprecedented 540 degrees in the history of the competition, all for a player of 1.88 m therefore.
“My goal remains to have an impact in the NBA, so I will continue to work until that happens, reacted the interested party on Saturday evening. Many players in the G-League deserve the attention I’m getting today. But none of them will soon receive as much praise as Mac McClung and his marsupilami leaps. While the dunk contest has been increasingly questioned in recent years, due to the absence of big stars, Shaquille O’Neal even split the ultimate compliment: “Mac McClung saved the Slam Dunk Contest “. It’s like this on the Mac, at the Mac.