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Mac McClung Responds to Steph Curry's Dunk Contest Reaction

Slam Dunk Contest Champion Mac McClung has a fan in Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry

Joey Linn

Mac McClung Responds to Steph Curry's Dunk Contest Reaction
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Mac McClung became a household name on Saturday night, turning in one of the best Slam Dunk Contest performances in recent history. With three perfect scores and one near-perfect score, McClung took home the Slam Dunk Contest trophy with ease. 

The former Golden State Warriors G-Leaguer received some very high praise from Steph Curry after the Dunk Contest, and had the NBA would buzzing all night. In a Tweet on Saturday night, Curry wrote, "Man was a viral HOH high school dunk phenom, still working his way to the League, but lemme go get that dunk contest trophy right quick and bring it back to life!!! Unreal #macmclung."

McClung responded to Curry in a Tweet of his own, thanking the superstar for his message:

Having shown off his bounce in the Warriors practice facility before, this performance from McClung was not surprising to at least one former teammate, as Draymond Green predicted his victory on a podcast episode before the contest began.

"We have watched Mac McClung for years, crazy dunks," Green said. "Dude, Mac McClung, after these years in the G-League, in that grind, still got the same legs - I played with Mac, we had him in training camp this year, and he showed me a couple times, like, 'Oh, I still got it.' So that's going to be interesting. My pick for this one, I'm going to go Mac McClung."

It was a special performance from Mac McClung, who made his former Warriors teammates proud.

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Joey Linn
JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn52@gmail.com Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis and reporting Experience: Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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