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Mac McClung has earned his living by becoming one of the best performers of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest of all time. He has won the championship three times in his career, even though he is only a part-time player in the NBA, he has played a total of 10 NBA games in his career.

But McClung has his spot in an NBA organization for a reason, as he’s been tearing it up in the G-League for his entire career, and this season, while he’s with the Chicago Bulls’ affiliate, the Windy City Bulls, he’s become the NBA’s minor league scoring GOAT.

According to the official G-League account on X, on Tuesday night, in a contest between the Windy City and the Birmingham Squadron, McClung passed Renaldo Major (who had 5,299 career points) to become the NBA G-League’s all-time leading scorer. McClung did it in spectacular fashion as well, as he finished the night with 59 points on 19-34 shooting from the field (8-17 from deep). And 8-10 from the foul line.

McClung has had no trouble dominating opponents in the G-League, and he is currently averaging over 31 points per game in the regular season for the Windy City. And fans are now calling for him to get a call up to the NBA after working the backside in the G-League.

Fans praise Bulls’ Mac McClung

The NBA is a completely different animal than the G-League, which is why McClung has struggled to earn minutes in the big leagues. Still, a 59-point night never goes unnoticed.

“Mac McClung can score better than many NBA players,” wrote X user @SkilledByChoice.

“Mac McClung dropped 59 PTS, 10 AST, 8 threes in the G League… and y’all still put him on a two-way while the Bulls bench is ready? The G-League GOAT deserves real NBA minutes now,” @mrpurpose0 added.

Over the weekend, the NBA All-Star Saturday Night festivities bizarrely took place in the afternoon, with the Slam Dunk Contest being the major event of the day. Miami Heat forward Keshad Johnson won the competition, although many fans were wondering why Chicago Bulls guard Mac McClung was not in the competition.

McClung has won the last three Slam Dunk Contests, and although he hasn’t been able to consistently carve out a spot for himself on an NBA team, he’s been with the Bulls for the past few weeks, which means he had every reason to be there in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Recently, according to Chaz NBA on YouTube, McClung showed off some of the dunks he would go with if he was selected to defend his title at the event.

Obviously, McClung still has every bit of the athleticism needed to win the event, but fans in Los Angeles had to be satisfied with bizarre dunks from Johnson, Jace Richardson, Jackson Hayes and Carter Bryant all night.

The dunk contest and the perceived decline in quality of the NBA All-Star weekend as a whole have come under some heavy criticism in recent years, with many fans lamenting the fact that big-name players often refuse to participate in the event these days.

Two years ago, Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown changed that by participating in the competition, but that didn’t stop more criticism from coming the NBA’s way.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the league will be fully hopeful that the All-Star Game players will make some kind of effort after years of playing a boring middle school recess game that is a stark contrast to the performances of the best basketball players on the planet.

Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 pm ET from Los Angeles.

The 2026 NBA All-Star Game weekend took a trip down memory lane by way of Mac McClung. The veteran no longer participated in this year’s event as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Still, he made headlines — one that made Phoenix Suns fans think of Steve Nash and Amar’e Stoudemire.

McClung helped release a series of online videos after the ’26 Dunk Contest was completed. The fourth, however, is reminiscent of the famous Nash-Stoudemire headbutt dunk.

four stings @macmcclung37 Would have done in this year’s dunk contest 🔥

Which one was your favourite? Text DUNK to 69097 to vote! pic.twitter.com/lrtNdcoFek

– Team VKTRY (@TeamVKTRY) 15 February 2026

Nash and Stoudemire had an epic soccer-like dunk in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. Despite not attending the celebration in Inglewood, McClung has become the first person to actually recreate that dunk.

Why did Mac McClung skip the 2026 NBA All-Star Game Dunk Contest?

McClung likely entered the Intuit Dome as the heavy favorite to win again.

Except this year he opted to take a year off.

“I think we were just going back and forth, and then they were calling me, like ‘if I was doing this people weren’t going to want to do it,’ and I thought it would be best if I just sit out this year and let it be, no matter what,” McClung said.

Other words – McClung opted to allow this year’s edition to become more competitive without him. McClung’s presence may have made the participants feel like they had lost.

McClung is on a two-way deal with the Bulls, which he signed on February 5, the day of the NBA trade deadline. He may continue to bounce between the NBA and the G-League.

Meanwhile, Miami Heat’s Keshad Johnson won this year’s dunk title with the help of famous rapper E-40.