Dexter Cambridge

{{short description|Bahamian professional basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Dexter Cambridge

| image =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lbs = 224

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|29}}

| birth_place = Eleuthera, The Bahamas

| high_school = A.F. Adderly (Nassau, The Bahamas)

| college =

| draft_year = 1992

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2001

| career_number = 30

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1992|full=y}}

| team1 = Dallas Mavericks

| years2 = 1993–1996

| team2 = Petrarca Padova

| years3 = 1996

| team3 = Gigantes de Carolina

| years4 = 1996–1997

| team4 = Dinamica Gorizia

| years5 = 1997

| team5 = Gigantes de Carolina

| years6 = 1997–1998

| team6 = Dinamica Gorizia

| years7 = 1998–1999

| team7 = Fabriano Basket

| years8 = 1999–2000

| team8 = Regatas San Nicolás

| years9 = 2000–2001

| team9 = Obras Sanitarias

| years10 = 2001

| team10 = Panteras de Miranda

| highlights =

  • First-team All-SWC (1992)

}}

Dexter Ryan Cambridge (born January 29, 1970) is a Bahamian former professional basketball player. A {{convert|6|ft|7|in|m|adj=on}} and {{convert|224|lb|kg|adj=on}} small forward, he had a brief career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in early 1993{{Cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerlog.htm?yr=1992&ilkid=CAMBRDE01 |title=Dexter Cambridge 1992-93 Game Log |access-date=April 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605172327/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerlog.htm?yr=1992&ilkid=CAMBRDE01 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead }} when he played for the Dallas Mavericks. Cambridge attended American institutions Lon Morris Junior College (in Jacksonville, Texas) and the University of Texas at Austin.

NCAA suspension

In November[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DA1431F934A25752C0A964958260 Cambridge Loses], published January 17, 1992; retrieved April 11, 2007 1991, he was suspended for two months[http://www.briland.com/topmenu/newsfict.html The Game They Play in Paradise], by Mike D'Orso from playing with the Texas Longhorns by the NCAA for having accepted $7,000 from a fan[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDB113DF934A35751C1A967958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fU%2fUniversity%20of%20Texas Longhorn Can't Play], published December 7, 1991; retrieved April 11, 2007 when he graduated from Lon Morris Junior College in 1990 which affected his amateur status.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDE1738F932A25751C1A967958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fU%2fUniversity%20of%20Texas Texas Player Faces Ban], published December 11, 1991; retrieved April 11, 2007 It was alleged the money was a reward for his being named a junior college All-American. His two-month suspension ended in January 1992 when he mailed a $4,600 check to a booster at the junior college,[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DA173DF932A35751C0A964958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fU%2fUniversity%20of%20Texas Check Ends Suspension], published February 1, 1992; retrieved April 11, 2007 regaining his eligibility status.

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