 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pa2006 FIBA World Championship, maTall Blacks aisakwanisa kudzokorora nzvimbo yavo yechina kubva muna 2002. Mushure mekutanga 03, Tall Blacks yakaunganidza muchikamu chechipiri, nekukunda kaviri kwakateedzana kuvhara chikamu cheboka. Zvisinei, ivo vaizodonha munharaunda ye16 kusvika kune vanodzivirira maOlympic gold medalists Argentina, 7962. Mushure mekunyadziswa ikoko, Tab Baldwin akasiya basa semurairidzi mukuru weTall Blacks, uye akatsiviwa naNenad Vučinić, mubatsiri wake wenguva refu. 