Cedric Ceballos
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Born | Dominguez (Compton, California ) | August 2, 1969
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Phoenix Flame | |
2008–2011 | Maywood Buzz |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career statistics | |
Points | 8,693 (14.3 ppg) |
Rebounds | 3,258 (5.3 rpg) |
Assists | 723 (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
In late 2004, he signed with the
In March 2007, the
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
Personal life
Ceballos was invited to play for the
In 2011, Ceballos suffered "a series of small heart attacks", as described by his publicist.
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 .
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
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 |
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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 |
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1991
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Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | .583 | – | .333 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
1992
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Phoenix | 8 | 8 | 23.5 | .550 | – | .667 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 13.5 |
1993
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Phoenix | 16 | 3 | 11.6 | .571 | – | .727 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
1994
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Phoenix | 10 | 8 | 21.2 | .462 | .000 | .833 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 10.1 |
1995
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L.A. Lakers | 10 | 10 | 34.0 | .381 | .360 | .737 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 14.2 |
1996
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L.A. Lakers | 4 | 4 | 35.5 | .484 | .313 | .917 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 19.0 |
1997
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Phoenix | 5 | 0 | 21.4 | .333 | .250 | 1.000 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 6.6 |
2001
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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 |
References
- ^ Associated Press (December 21, 1994). "CEBALLOS NETS 50 POINTS AS LAKERS WIN 2,500TH". Deseret News.
- ^ "List of Ceballos Highest Scoring Games". Statmuse.
- ^ "Cedric Ceballos Career High 6 Steals". Statmuse.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Phoenix Flame (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com) Archived May 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Aguirre Might Play For Mexico". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1992. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Weight loss saved Cedric Ceballos' life". ESPN.com. April 21, 2012. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "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.
External links
- NBA.com Profile
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Nothin' But Net
- Cedric the Entertainer
- Arizona Scorpions profile