The 6-foot combo guard has a physical build to complement the perimeter skill set, can score from 3-levels, and has great body control through contact on the shot. Cephus had a big second half in a shootout with Central East of Fresno, as he would lead his team with 15 points, scoring 13 points after the break but fell short in the game. Cephus has a strong handle on the ball, keeps the dribble alive to survey the floor, has a variety of moves to create off the dribble, favoring the crossover, hesitation, between-cross, and fadeaway to get space from his defender, is a crafty scorer around the basket with the euro-step, spin-move, and up-and-under lay-ups to evade shot blockers, moves fluidly off the ball to get to his shot spots, and is accurate with the jumper from the mid-range to the 3-point line off the bounce or the catch. 

He’s a solid body scoring guard, combo maybe? from the Sacramento area working a bit under the radar. His handles, and moves, generates buckets on solid drives to the basket. Body control, crossovers, change of direction makes it hard for others to keep him out of the paint. He’ll hit the paint jumper, and spot up for 3’s. He keeps ball handlers in front, has lateral movement, plays denial.

A solid body combo guard with good guard skills. He can run point, has good passing, and vision to spot cutters going to the basket. He controls the pace at times. He uses quick dribbles, and a bump to get into the paint, doesn’t mind contact. He hits the paint jumper. He’s an alert defender, good on ball, helps weak side, can pick up, and defend full court.

Cephus is a shifty and physical lead guard that can create his own offense, as well as lock-up on perimeter players. Cephus has a strong handle on the ball, keeps the dribble alive to probe the defense, uses the crossover and hesitation to get by his defenders and into the paint, with the court vision to find players off the drive and kick pass, as well as make tough reads from the top of the key. Cephus uses his shifty movement to get his defender on his heels, gets into his opponent’s body to use the spin move to evade his defender, and has the body control to finish with touch at the basket. He moves well off the ball to get open looks off the catch, with accuracy from the 3-point line, and has the footspeed and active hands to stay in front of his opponent and turn defense to offense off steals and easy buckets in transition. 

A good ball handling guard who can create his own shot. He has control and balance squaring up for the mid-range jumpers. He hit corner 3’s when left open. He had movement without the ball making hard cuts and finishing through contact. He’s a good passer with court vision, he handles ball pressure, and traps.