Cedric Ceballos

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Basketball player
Cedric Ceballos
Player information
Full name Cedric Z. Ceballos
birthday 2nd August 1969 (age 51)
place of birth Maui , Hawaii , United States
size 200 cm
Weight 100 kg
position Small forward
college Cal State Fullerton
NBA draft 1990 , 48. Pick, Phoenix Suns
Clubs as active
1986–1988 Ventura College Pirates (CCCAA) 1988–1990 CSU Fullerton Titans ( NCAA ) 1990–1994 Phoenix Suns 1994–1997 Los Angeles Lakers 1997–2000 Dallas Mavericks 2000 Detroit Pistons 2000–2001 Miami Heat 2002 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2002–2003 Locomotive Mineralnyje Wody 2003 Sioux Falls Skyforce ( CBA ) 2004 San Miguel Beermen 2004–2005 Los Angeles Stars ( ABA ) 2005–2009 Orange County / Maywood Buzz (ABA) → 2007 Phoenix Flame ( IBL ) 2011 Arizona Scorpions (ABA) United StatesUnited States
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Cedric Z. Ceballos (born August 2, 1969 in Maui , Hawaii ) is a former American basketball player who was active in the NBA from 1990 to 2001 . With the Los Angeles Lakers , he was NBA All-Star in the 1995/96 season .

career

College (1986 to 1990)

In 1986, Ceballos first moved to Ventura College, a junior college in Ventura , for whose college team Pirates he played in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). For further studies he then went to California State University, Fullerton in 1988 , whose university team Titans play in the Big West Conference of the NCAA . Here he was able to recommend himself for a professional engagement within two years.

NBA (1990 to 2001)

Ceballos was selected 48th in the 1990 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns . In the 1992/93 season he experienced his best season with the Suns. He had a field throw rate of 57.6% and reached the NBA finals with the team . In 1994 he moved to the Los Angeles Lakers . He led the Lakers in points both in the 1994/95 season and in the 1995/96 season and was even appointed to the All-Star Team in 1995 . He also won the 1992 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest .

In the years that followed, Ceballos was used as a role player. He played three years for the Dallas Mavericks and finally in the 2000/01 season for both the Detroit Pistons and the Miami Heat . Before the 2001/02 NBA season , he was in the extended squad of the Denver Nuggets , but was removed from the season squad just before the start of the season.

Further career internationally and in the ABA (2002 to 2011)

In 2002 Ceballos signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel , but left the club after a few games. Shortly afterwards he switched to locomotive from Mineralnye Vody in Russia. After three games in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Skyforce from Sioux Falls , he played for San Miguel Beermen in the Philippines .

In 2004, back in his US homeland, he signed with the Los Angeles Stars in the ABA , in which, in addition to the sporting competition, the entertainment of the audience enjoys a special value, which is to be achieved, for example, by own rules. In the ABA Ceballos was - apart from a detour in 2007 to the IBL to the Phoenix Flame , where he mainly worked as a coaching assistant - active for the Orange County / Maywood Buzz .

In 2009 the Buzz was dissolved and in 2011 Ceballos became a partner in the new ABA franchise Arizona Scorpions , which plays its home games at Phoenix College . After a heart attack in November 2011, Ceballos no longer acted on the field himself.

"Entertainment host"

For a while he worked as an " emcee " with the Phoenix Suns and hosted a Suns webcast, having previously hosted a morning radio broadcast on an R 'n' B station in Phoenix.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cedric Ceballos. In: NBA.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  2. ^ NN: ABA Game Rules. On: Colorado Kings website; Denver, CO, undated. Retrieved February 26, 2019 (in English).
  3. ↑ Ex-Suns player Ceballos suffers heart attack. TucsonNewsNow.com, December 6, 2011, accessed February 25, 2013 .
  4. ^ Josh Greene: Cedric the Entertainer. NBA , January 15, 2004, accessed February 25, 2013 (Phoenix Suns media info).
personal data
SURNAME Ceballos, Cedric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ceballos, Cedric Z.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Maui , Hawaii, USA