Maine Windjammers
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The Maine Windjammers were a semi-pro
basketball team based out of Bangor, Maine
. It was affiliated with the Continental Basketball Association
. It existed during the CBA's 1985-1986 season. After that season, the team was dropped, and it would be a decade before a basketball team would return to Maine, with the Portland Wave
, a team in the USBL
.
Semi-professional
A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...
basketball team based out of Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
. It was affiliated with the Continental Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...
. It existed during the CBA's 1985-1986 season. After that season, the team was dropped, and it would be a decade before a basketball team would return to Maine, with the Portland Wave
Portland Wave
The Portland Wave was a USBL team based out of Portland, Maine. It lasted only one season, the 1996-1997 USBL Season....
, a team in the USBL
United States Basketball League
The United States Basketball League , often abbreviated to the USBL, was a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985. The final champions are the Kansas Cagerz, who won the title game on July 1, 2007.-History:...
.