The Philadelphia 76ers will have representation all throughout All-Star weekend in Salt Lake City. While Joel Embiid might or might not play in the All-Star game on Sunday as he battles left foot soreness, the point is he is out there and repping the Sixers.
Philadelphia will also have a representative on Friday and Saturday as well in the form of young Mac McClung who the Sixers recently signed to a two-way deal. McClung will participate in the Rising Stars challenge and he will also be in the slam dunk contest on Saturday as he looks to bring home a slam dunk title.
NBA legend and TNT’s Shaquille O’Neal is a believer in McClung as he is picking him to win the dunk contest:
Nobody in the NBA cares about the dunk contest. I’m going with Mac McClung. A guy that deserves to be in the league. he’s working hard, he plays hard. Probably a little bit undersized. Nobody’s really picked him up. but the boy got them bunnies and what these youngsters don’t understand about the All-Star weekend, this is the weekend where you make people said ‘oh I didn’t know he had that’. Mac McClung will not miss a dunk and he’s going to come in and take over the dunk contest. A guy that’s not even in the NBA is gonna win a dunk contest.
While O’Neal has obvious faith in McClung, it will be up to the young man to be able to produce against other NBA players Kenyon Martin Jr., Jericho Sims, and Trey Murphy III.
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