Skip to content
Sports
Link copied to clipboard
Link copied to clipboard

Sixers two-way player Mac McClung wins NBA G League player of the week

This comes after the standout won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend on Feb. 18 in Salt Lake City.

Mac McClung (center) of the Delaware Blue Coats drives up court against Stanley Umude of the Motor City Cruise in a G League game on on Feb. 22, 2023 at Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington.
Mac McClung (center) of the Delaware Blue Coats drives up court against Stanley Umude of the Motor City Cruise in a G League game on on Feb. 22, 2023 at Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington.Read moreCharles Fox / Staff Photographer

MINNEAPOLIS — Mac McClung keeps racking up awards.

The 76ers two-way player is the NBA G League player of the week. McClung averaged 28.7 points, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals to lead the Delaware Blue Coats to a 3-0 record in games played between Feb. 27 and Sunday. McClung shot 61.9% from beyond the three-point line while making 4.3 per game.

All this comes after the standout won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend on Feb. 18 in Salt Lake City. He became the first Sixer to win the contest.

McClung, who has yet to play for the Sixers, signed his two-day contract with the Sixers on Feb. 14. The 24-year-old was last season’s G League rookie of the year.

» READ MORE: Sixers guard Mac McClung’s slam-dunking rise to celebrity shows the evolution of basketball