Cedric Ceballos
Personal information
Born (1969-08-02) August 2, 1969
Maui, Hawaii, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolDominguez (Compton, California)
College
NBA draft1990: 2nd round, 48th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career1990–2011
PositionSmall forward
Number23, 1
Career history
1990–1994Phoenix Suns
1994–1997Los Angeles Lakers
1997–1998Phoenix Suns
1998–2000Dallas Mavericks
2000Detroit Pistons
2000–2001Miami Heat
2002Las Vegas Slam
2002Harlem Globetrotters
2002Hapoel Tel Aviv
2002–2003Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody
2003Sioux Falls Skyforce
2003–2004San Miguel Beermen
2004–2005Los Angeles Stars
2005–2007Orange County / Maywood Buzz
2007Phoenix Flame
2008–2011Maywood Buzz
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points8,693 (14.3 ppg)
Rebounds3,258 (5.3 rpg)
Assists723 (1.2 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Cedric Z. Ceballos (born August 2, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. As a small forward, he played mostly for the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers, later finishing his National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, and Miami Heat.

Playing career

Ceballos attended college at Ventura College and later Cal State Fullerton.

His career highlights include winning the NBA Slam Dunk Contest with a blindfolded dunk in 1992. He also led the NBA in field goal percentage (57.6) in 1992–93 with the Suns. Ceballos played a major role for the Suns during the playoffs, leading the team to a Western Conference Finals Game 1 win over the Seattle SuperSonics with a team high 21 points. After beating Seattle in a seven game series, the Suns reached the Finals, before losing to the Chicago Bulls. He also led the Lakers in scoring in 1994–95 with a 21.7 average and made the All-Star team, but couldn't participate due to an injury. That season, on December 20, 1994, Ceballos set a career high with 50 points scored, including a 3-point shot to secure the win with 5.7 seconds left, in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.[1][2] The following season, on December 3, 1995, Ceballos recorded a career high 6 steals, along with scoring 19 points, in a 104-96 win over the Indiana Pacers.[3] That year, Ceballos again led the Lakers with a 21.2 scoring average.

In 2002, Ceballos signed with Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv, but was waived after a couple of games. Shortly after, he moved to Russia and was signed by BC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody. He also played for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

In late 2004, he signed with the Los Angeles Stars from the ABA. Ceballos later became employed by the Phoenix Suns as their in-arena emcee and host of a weekly webcast, "Nothin' but Net". He also hosted a morning music program for Phoenix, Arizona rhythm & blues radio station MEGA 104.3 FM.

In March 2007, the Phoenix Flame of the IBL announced the signing of Ceballos[4] for its inaugural season in the league, but he quickly moved behind the lines as an assistant coach the next month.[5]

Ceballos has toured with the "USA Legends". On June 19, 2011, the USA Legends defeated the Indonesian NBL All Star team 97–79, with Ceballos being the unofficial MVP of the game. A notable highlight of Ceballos' performance during the game was when he donned one of the Indonesian player's jerseys and player for the Indonesian team over a stretch of a few possessions, scoring a breakaway dunk during one of them.

Ceballos later became part owner of the American Basketball Association's Arizona Scorpions, and also played for the team.

Personal life

Ceballos was invited to play for the Mexico national basketball team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[6] He is also a second cousin of his former Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant. Their grandfathers were brothers.[7]

In 2011, Ceballos suffered "a series of small heart attacks", as described by his publicist.[8] He successfully recovered by undergoing an angioplasty with two stents placed in his heart.[9]

In 2021, he contracted COVID-19 and posted photos of himself in the intensive care unit. On September 13, he tweeted that he was free of COVID-19, but was still having difficulty breathing and walking.[10]

In media

In 1996, Ceballos made a guest appearance on the PBS children's series The Puzzle Place. The following year, he played himself on an episode of Living Single titled "High Anxiety".

In 1998, Ceballos was a guest panelist on the Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out.

Ceballos also worked on the album titled B-Ball's Best Kept Secret, a 1994 record featuring tracks of an array of early 1990s NBA players. He is featured on multiple tracks performing with hip-hop star Warren G on "Flow On" and later on the track "Ya Don't Stop" also featuring fellow NBA All-Star Dana Barros and rappers Grand Puba, Sadat X, AG and Diamond D.

Ceballos appeared along with Shawn Marion in the 30th season of The Amazing Race.[11] They finished in ninth place, having raced a total of four legs.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990–91 Phoenix 63011.6.487.167.6632.40.60.20.18.2
1991–92 Phoenix 64411.3.482.167.7362.40.80.30.27.2
1992–93 Phoenix 744621.7.576*.000.7255.51.00.70.412.8
1993–94 Phoenix 534330.2.535.000.7246.51.71.10.419.1
1994–95 L.A. Lakers 585435.0.509.397.7168.01.81.00.321.7
1995–96 L.A. Lakers 787133.7.530.277.8046.91.51.20.321.2
1996–97 L.A. Lakers 8834.9.410.238.8676.61.90.60.810.8
1996–97 Phoenix 423227.3.464.259.7376.61.20.70.415.3
1997–98 Phoenix 351617.9.500.300.7144.31.00.60.29.5
1997–98 Dallas 12930.3.478.300.7706.02.10.90.716.9
1998–99 Dallas 13527.1.421.393.6946.50.90.50.412.5
1999–00 Dallas 692529.9.446.328.8436.71.30.80.316.6
2000–01 Detroit 13012.8.394.275.8002.00.50.50.25.8
2000–01 Miami 27014.6.462.333.8793.00.50.40.16.9
Career 60931324.2.500.309.7535.31.20.70.314.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1991 Phoenix 308.0.583–.3331.70.70.70.05.3
1992 Phoenix 8823.5.550–.6676.41.50.80.813.5
1993 Phoenix 16311.6.571–.7272.30.80.30.46.0
1994 Phoenix 10821.2.462.000.8334.40.80.80.210.1
1995 L.A. Lakers 101034.0.381.360.7376.11.81.20.714.2
1996 L.A. Lakers 4435.5.484.313.9178.31.31.00.319.0
1997 Phoenix 5021.4.333.2501.0005.20.60.80.66.6
2001 Miami 305.0.286–.5002.00.30.00.01.7
Career 593320.6.466.325.7434.51.10.70.49.8

References

  1. ↑ Associated Press (December 21, 1994). "CEBALLOS NETS 50 POINTS AS LAKERS WIN 2,500TH". Deseret News.
  2. ↑ "List of Ceballos Highest Scoring Games". Statmuse.
  3. ↑ "Cedric Ceballos Career High 6 Steals". Statmuse.
  4. ↑ "Cedric Ceballos signs with Phoenix Flame – OurSports Central – Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central. January 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ Phoenix Flame (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com) Archived May 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Aguirre Might Play For Mexico". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1992. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Mavs' TV Analyst Remembers Cousin Kobe Bryant". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. January 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ex-NBAer Ceballos in hospital after heart attack". ESPN.com. November 21, 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Weight loss saved Cedric Ceballos' life". ESPN.com. April 21, 2012. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Mavs player, 9broadcaster Cedric Ceballos posts photo from ICU as he battles COVID-19". Dallas News. September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021. (news story updated September 13)
  11. ↑ "Meet The Cast Of The Amazing Race Season 30 – Page 5". CBS.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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