Episode 52 - Cedric Ceballos
11 year veteran and dunk contest champ, Cedric Ceballos
The Rex Chapman Show with Josh Hopkins
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Show Notes
Cedric Ceballos Talks Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Playing With Rex
-03:00: Surviving COVID
-05:30: Where his drive to be good came from
-06:30: Early on, he was not a good basketball player at all, but made
sure to sit near coaches to learn
-09:00: His brother being good is what pushed him to want to be good
at basketball
-11:15: Growing up on a block that drugs were constantly being sold on
-16:30: Working at a Taco Bell in junior college and how it led to his
basketball career
-19:00: Why he decided to go to CS-Fullerton
-24:00: Ced being drafted by Phoenix and his first stint with the Suns
and the advice the vets gave him about scoring that was helpful
-30:30: The first time Ced played against Larry Bird, Magic Johnson,
Michael Jordan and playing with the philosophy that every game that
could be your last
-34:00: Going back to their days as teammates in Phoenix
-36:00: The best in-game dunks during his first stint with Phoenix and
his strong off-balance skills
-41:30: Knowing Warren G and going to high school with a member of
N.W.A. and having a passion for music
-44:30: Being part of the "bridge" Lakers teams between the Showtime
era and Shaq/Kobe
-50:00: How Ced ended up back in Phoenix and recalling an early season game
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