Dexter Shouse

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| weight_lbs= 200

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1963|3|24}}

| birth_place= Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.

| draft_year = 1985

| draft_round = 4

| draft_pick = 92

| draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers

| high_school = North (Terre Haute, Indiana)

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Panola (1981–1983)
South Alabama (1983–1985)

| years1 = 1985–1986

| team1 = Kansas City Sizzlers

| years2 = 1985–1986

| team2 = Baltimore Lightning

| years3 = 1986-1987

| team3 = Formula Shell Oilers

| years4 = 1988–1990

| team4 = Tulsa Fast Breakers

| years5 = 1989

| team5 = Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants

| years6 = 1989

| team6 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years7 = 1992-1993

| team7 = Franca Basquetebol Clube

| years8 = 1995-1999

| team8 = Panteras de Miranda

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CBA champion (1989)
CBA Playoff/Finals MVP (1989)

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Dexter Wayne Shouse (born March 24, 1963) is an American former basketball player who played college basketball for the South Alabama Jaguars and professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 1989-90 NBA season.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SHOUSDE01|title=Dexter Shouse|work=DatabaseBasketball.com|accessdate=2008-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119215847/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SHOUSDE01|archive-date=2007-11-19|url-status=dead}}

Shouse played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Tulsa Fast Breakers from 1988 to 1990 and was selected as the CBA Playoff/Finals Most Valuable Player in 1989.{{cite web |title=Dexter Shouse minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-shousdex001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 23, 2025}} He won a CBA championship with the Fast Breakers in 1989.{{cite web |title=1988-89 Tulsa Fast Breakers Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBATFB/y-1988 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 11, 2025}}

Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Shouse played basketball in the Philippines in the late 1980s for Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and the Shell Turbo Chargers. Known for playing with a perpetual scowl,{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} Shouse caught the attention of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers by averaging a Chamberlain-esque 50 points per game in Manila during the 1989 Philippine Basketball Association season. Shouse was signed by the 76ers during the 1989–90 season.{{cite news |author=Dick Weiss |title=THE THRILLA FROM MANILA SHOUSE BRINGS HIS 50-POINT AVERAGE TO THE 76ERS |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=November 28, 1989 |page=68}} Unfortunately for Shouse, his NBA career did not take off as hoped.

Brazilian coaching legend Helio Rubens Garcia called Shouse the most talented player whom he ever had the privilege of coaching. http://globoesporte.globo.com/bau-do-esporte/noticia/2013/04/top-5-helio-rubens-faz-dream-team-dos-seus-melhores-comandados.html