Lower than two weeks after signing his first full NBA cope with the Indiana Pacers, Mac McClung is reportedly and not using a staff once more. The three-time NBA dunk contest winner has reportedly been waived by the Pacers, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Thursday.
The transfer comes 10 days after Indiana signed McClung to a multiyear deal, his first full deal within the league. McClung, who has performed for 5 completely different NBA organizations, had beforehand solely signed coaching camp contracts and two-way contracts.
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The Pacers signed McClung amid a sequence of accidents, together with to star Tyrese Haliburton (who’s out for the season with an Achilles harm) and guards Andrew Nembhard and T.J. McConnell.
McClung performed in three video games for the Pacers — all losses — throughout his quick tenure there, averaging 6.3 factors, 1.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals off the bench. McClung performed 13 minutes and 19 minutes within the first two video games, respectively, however solely performed 2 minutes in his remaining look, a brutal last-second loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.
McClung, who joined the league in 2021 after going undrafted, emerged from close to obscurity in 2023 after profitable the dunk contest. He gained once more in 2024 earlier than turning into the primary NBA participant to three-peat with a win in 2025.
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Regardless of his dunk contest success, McClung has struggled to achieve traction within the NBA. He has solely performed 9 video games within the league, spending most of his time within the G League over the previous 4 years.
Previous to being waived, McClung informed The Athletic this week he was emotional after signing the contract with Indiana.
“I obtained in my automobile, and I could not assist however get emotional. I used to be identical to, man, it has been 5 years making an attempt to chase a contract. So it is a actually lovely second the place I simply considered all of the individuals who have been together with me for it,” McClung stated.
Now, although, he must begin over once more.
