Episode 52 - Cedric Ceballos

The Rex Chapman Show with Josh Hopkins

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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