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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 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 ...

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 ...