Mac McClung drives a huge increase in his G-League team's ticket sales / News - Basketnews.com

The ticket sales increased five times, the Delaware Blue Coats spokesman Alex Yoh said. McClung has received hundreds of interview requests, requiring three 76ers staffers to sort them out.

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When Mac McClung appeared in the NBA Dunk Contest last Saturday, he almost immediately became a star in the basketball world.

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After winning the competition with several refreshing dunks, McClung has been in a circle of public attention. He added 238,000 Instagram followers overnight.

He's been receiving hundreds of interview requests recently so much so that the Philadelphia 76ers needed three staff members to sort them out, Fox Sports notes. McClung has already appeared on SportsCenter, CNN, and Good Morning America.

"I really believed I could do well in it, but I never pictured it would get this response," the newly-born star told Fox Sports after the dunk contest.

McClung's sudden stardom has helped bring viewers to the team he's playing for - the Delaware Blue Coats in the NBA G-League.

According to Front Office Sports, the organization has seen a huge increase in ticket sales with the team's spokesman Alex Yoh noting that the sales went up five times the daily average.

Just before the Dunk Contest, McClung was signed to a two-way deal by the 76ers.

Mac McClung's Dunk Contest performance:

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