Post by jhb on May 20, 2021 11:57:17 GMT -5
Cedric Ceballos
SF
6'6"
190
21
Cal State Fullerton
Ceballos is one of the younger and lesser experienced players in this class and that has a lot of scouts excited about his upside. Lightly recruited and having only played 2 years at Cal State Fullerton, Ceballos has a ton of athletic ability and has started to show flashes of turning that into a player that many teams in TMBSL could use.
So far, Ceballos has shown off that he is a tremendous dunker. He's an excellent athlete with great leaping ability, length, and quickness. He gets to the rim at will against the competition he faces in the Big West. Even when he isn't emphatically finishing at the rim in highlight fashion, he still does a tremendous job navigating the paint to finish floaters and layups through the trees. He has the athleticism and the skills to be able to continue to do this at the next level. His aggressiveness gets him to the free throw line quite a bit, but that's one area he still needs to improve. He also can be a bit too aggressive with trying to drive to the rim, occasionally working his way into too much traffic where he loses the ball when doubled and tripled. Ceballos has an awkward build in the upper body and his shoulders and his shooting stroke still looks a bit clunky. He can hit a jumper when he needs to but he's only about a 67% free throw shooter and he's simply bad from three. While he will be able to get into the paint and score, he'll need to improve that aspect of his game to be quite as dangerous as a scorer in TMBSL. Not a willing passer. Because of how much time he spends attacking the rim on offense, he's often in great position to attack the offensive boards and might be one of the best wing offensive rebounders we've seen come to TMBSL so far.
Ceballos has the athletic tools to be a good team defender at the next level and should have no problem hanging with most guys on the wing. There may be a bit of an adjustment period as he learns TMBSL style defenses and gets accustomed to more frequently facing extremely athletic players, he should ultimately get to the point where he is a good to above average perimeter defender. He already showed great promise on this end in college, frequently shutting down opponents' best players even though he had no help around him and the team wasn't very good overall defensively due to the lack of help. He did a good job poking the ball away from his assignment or jumping passing lanes to create some transition opportunities where he really got to show off his arsenal of highlight-reel dunks. While not as tremendous a standout on the defensive boards as he is offensively, he's no slouch. He averaged a total of 12.5 rebounds per game in his final college season.