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 American Basketball Association's Arizona Scorpions, and also played for the team. Personal life Ceballos was invited to play for the Mexico national basketball team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is also a second cousin of his former Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant. Their grandfathers were brothers. In 2011, Ceballos suffered "a series of small heart attacks", as described by his publicist. He successfully recovered by undergoing an angioplasty with two stents placed in his heart. 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. 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 B-Ball's Best Kept Secret, a 1994 record featuring tracks of an array of early 1990s NBA players. He is featured on multiple tracks performing with hip-hop star Warren G on "Flow On" and later on the track "Ya Don't Stop" also featuring fellow NBA All-Star Dana Barros and rappers Grand Puba, Sadat X, AG and Diamond D. Ceballos appeared along with Shawn Marion in the 30th season of The Amazing Race. They finished in ninth place, having raced a total of four legs. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 63 || 0 || 11.6 || .487 || .167 || .663 || 2.4 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 8.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 64 || 4 || 11.3 || .482 || .167 || .736 || 2.4 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 7.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 74 || 46 || 21.7 ||style="background:#cfecec;"| .576* || .000 || .725 || 5.5 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 12.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 53 || 43 || 30.2 || .535 || .000 || .724