Dear NBA, Please Stop Trying To Make Mac McClung A Thing

I’ll say it, I’m sick of Mac McClung. The NBA has put him in the spotlight this weekend too much for my liking and he needs some warranted slander. Putting my Bball Enjoyer ways on pause for this one.

For those who don’t know, Mac McClung is a 24-year-old G-League journeyman who has been on 4 NBA teams in 2 years. Now I’ll give Mac some credit, he can fly. He rose to relevancy by breaking the myth that white men can’t jump.

Is Mac McClung the most athletic player in the NBA? In testing his 43.5 inch vertical was the 7th highest ever recorded, his 3/4 Court sprint was the second-fastest ever (fastest since 2001) and he had some of the quickest agility drills out of anyone as well. pic.twitter.com/fmqGNqbuRL

— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) February 18, 2023

Impressive, I guess. That’s the last time I’ll compliment the man who is ruining All-Star weekend. Dunking is about all he does, and he’s not even an in-game dunker!

12 dunks in 79 college games

— Brian (@BrianJNBA) February 18, 2023

I mean this stat makes me want to vomit. I don’t watch Mac McClung often, but if you asked me, I would have assumed he was dunking at least once a game. Bro is just running laps hoping for his viral moment.

To make it worse, all weekend the NBA has inserted Mac in events. He just participated in the Rising Stars game which is ironic because Mac is neither rising nor is he a star. He was a part of the G-League Rising Stars team which was headlined by Scoot Henderson, the projected #2 pick in the draft. Instead, we watched Mac McClung take 8 shots in 9 minutes. PU.

Simply put…

I don’t want to watch Mac McClung. He is not good and now he has limited how much of Scoot I get to see.

On top of that, tonight the NBA is running it back and putting Mac in the dunk contest?!?! Mac’s a great dunker, I get it. But to be honest, I don’t care if he does something crazy, nobody will remember down the line and I will be unmoved. Remember when Jeremy Evans won a dunk contest? Glenn Robinson III? Maybe I’m just a hater, but nothing iconic will come from tonight. He will do some great dunks, get his viral moment, and fade back into irrelevancy.

Mac recently signed a 2-way contract with the Sixers. Maybe the NBA used that as an excuse to shove him in our faces. Not sure, but this weekend has too much Mac McClung for my liking. Is this irrational? Maybe. I will gladly accept the title of Mac McClung hater. He stinks.

who invited mac mcclung this weekend he fucking sucks lmao

— grooby (@groobyfella) February 18, 2023

Couldn’t agree more, grubbyfella.