What is the nickname of the New Zealand basketball team?

mk2norwich

The Tall Blacks. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sydney/story/0,7369,367484,00.html May 10 03, 7:52 PM

auccl799

They are the Tall Blacks. Men's teams are commonly called 'black' whereas women are 'silver' or 'ferns' which links to the NZ sporting flag of a silver fern on a black background. Badminton - Temporarily Black Cocks, now no official nickname. Men's Australian rules football - Falcons Men's Basketball - Tall Blacks Women's Basketball - Tall Ferns Men's Cricket - Black Caps Women's Cricket - White Ferns Men's League - Kiwis Women's League - Kiwi Ferns Netball - Silver Ferns Men's Rugby - All Blacks Women's Rugby - Black Ferns Wheelchair Rugby - Wheel Blacks Men's Soccer - All Whites Women's Soccer - SWANZ Men's Softball - Black Socks Men's Gridiron - IronBlacks Men's Ice Hockey - Ice Blacks Women's Ice Hockey - Ice Fernz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_New_Zealand#National_team_names May 12 07, 11:42 PM

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