When discussing great slam dunk contest participants, Vince Carter, Zach LaVine, Blake Griffin, and Aaron Gordon are some of the new-age names that come to mind. Add Mac McClung's name to the list.

When a graphite grey Kia with black alloy rims and a body kit slowly made its way onto the court before Mac McClung's first dunk of the contest, shades of Blake Griffin's epic 2011 Slam Dunk ...

McClung, who is coming off back-to-back wins during the contest, used the same prop previously used by Blake Griffin. He earned a perfect score from the judges for the amazing dunk, in which he ...

Blake Griffin slammed a dunk over a car with teammate Baron Davis inside when he won the dunk contest in 2011. AFP/Getty Images Griffin’s dunk ultimately led to him being the winner of the 2011 ...

The 2025 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest was over soon after it began ... McClung's first dunk paid homage to 2011 Slam Dunk champion Blake Griffin, who won the crown after jumping over a silver ...

"Mac McClung saving the DUNK CONTEST," wrote one fan after All-Star Saturday. The most memorable moment for most fans is probably the KIA, which was a nod to Blake Griffin's legendary dunk back in ...

The Dunk Contest, meanwhile ... least one great effort as he opened the night with a redux of the legendary Blake Griffin dunk over a car, except took it to a whole other level.

Well, the Dunk Contest actually has had a mechanism in ... He did this on Saturday by improving upon Blake Griffin's Kia dunk. This way, we could see him challenge Michael Jordan, Vince Carter ...

Score: 43.8 G-League guard Mac McClung, the two-time defending dunk contest champion, channeled a Blake Griffin classic by leaping over a Kia K5 car. The 6-foot-2 McClung grabbed the ball ...

"That’s where my creativity comes is I genuinely love this contest and I love to dunk.” For his first attempt, McClung put a twist on Blake Griffin's iconic leap-over-a-car slam by grabbing ...