Three-time defending NBA dunk contest champ explains why he’s skipping this year’s competition

Source: New York Post

For the first time in four seasons, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest will have a new winner, with reigning champion Mac McClung sitting out for this year’s competition. McClung, who revealed in January that he was not participating in the event, recently opened up and explained his reasons for sitting out of the contest this season, telling HoopsHype that other players planned to sit out if McClung was going to participate. “Originally, I told everybody I was done,” McClung, 27, said.