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Cedric Ceballos
Personal information
Born (1969-08-02) August 2, 1969 (age 55)
Maui, Hawaii, U.S.
High school Dominguez (Compton, California)
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College
  • Ventura (1986–1988)
  • Cal State Fullerton (1988–1990)
NBA Draft 1990 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Pro career 1990–2011
Career history
1990–1994 Phoenix Suns
1994–1997 Los Angeles Lakers
1997–1998 Phoenix Suns
1998–2000 Dallas Mavericks
2000 Detroit Pistons
2000–2001 Miami Heat
2002 Las Vegas Slam
2002 Harlem Globetrotters
2002 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2002–2003 Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody
2003 Sioux Falls Skyforce
2003–2004 San Miguel Beermen
2004–2005 Los Angeles Stars
2005–2007 Orange County / Maywood Buzz
2007 Phoenix Flame
2008–2011 Maywood Buzz
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA All-Star (1995)
  • NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1992)
  • 2× First-team All-Big West (1989, 1990)
Career statistics
Points 8,693 (14.3 ppg)
Rebounds 3,258 (5.3 rpg)
Assists 723 (1.2 apg)

Cedric Zelos 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. 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. 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 for its inaugural season in the league, but he quickly moved behind the lines as an assistant coach the next month.

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. He is also a second cousin of his former Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant. Their grandfathers were brothers.

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

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.

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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990–91 Phoenix 63 0 11.6 .487 .167 .663 2.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 8.2
1991–92 Phoenix 64 4 11.3 .482 .167 .736 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.2 7.2
1992–93 Phoenix 74 46 21.7 .576* .000 .725 5.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 12.8
1993–94 Phoenix 53 43 30.2 .535 .000 .724 6.5 1.7 1.1 0.4 19.1
1994–95 L.A. Lakers 58 54 35.0 .509 .397 .716 8.0 1.8 1.0 0.3 21.7
1995–96 L.A. Lakers 78 71 33.7 .530 .277 .804 6.9 1.5 1.2 0.3 21.2
1996–97 L.A. Lakers 8 8 34.9 .410 .238 .867 6.6 1.9 0.6 0.8 10.8
1996–97 Phoenix 42 32 27.3 .464 .259 .737 6.6 1.2 0.7 0.4 15.3
1997–98 Phoenix 35 16 17.9 .500 .300 .714 4.3 1.0 0.6 0.2 9.5
1997–98 Dallas 12 9 30.3 .478 .300 .770 6.0 2.1 0.9 0.7 16.9
1998–99 Dallas 13 5 27.1 .421 .393 .694 6.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 12.5
1999–00 Dallas 69 25 29.9 .446 .328 .843 6.7 1.3 0.8 0.3 16.6
2000–01 Detroit 13 0 12.8 .394 .275 .800 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.2 5.8
2000–01 Miami 27 0 14.6 .462 .333 .879 3.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 6.9
Career 609 313 24.2 .500 .309 .753 5.3 1.2 0.7 0.3 14.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1991 Phoenix 3 0 8.0 .583 .333 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 5.3
1992 Phoenix 8 8 23.5 .550 .667 6.4 1.5 0.8 0.8 13.5
1993 Phoenix 16 3 11.6 .571 .727 2.3 0.8 0.3 0.4 6.0
1994 Phoenix 10 8 21.2 .462 .000 .833 4.4 0.8 0.8 0.2 10.1
1995 L.A. Lakers 10 10 34.0 .381 .360 .737 6.1 1.8 1.2 0.7 14.2
1996 L.A. Lakers 4 4 35.5 .484 .313 .917 8.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 19.0
1997 Phoenix 5 0 21.4 .333 .250 1.000 5.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 6.6
2001 Miami 3 0 5.0 .286 .500 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.7
Career 59 33 20.6 .466 .325 .743 4.5 1.1 0.7 0.4 9.8

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