In winning the NBA Dunk Contest a third time, Mac McClung may have done something even bigger: save the entire event… at least according to some headlines from around the internet the next morning.
Deadspin wrote a story trumpeting “How Mac McClung Might Just Save (the) NBA Slam Dunk Contest,” talking up how his participation had gotten stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ja Morant talking about entering the field, as if the lesson from a relatively unknown G League journeyman beating out an NBA field with some of the most exciting dunks ever three times was that we needed the stars who have been too afraid to lose
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