1997 New Zealand NBL season
The 1997 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 16th running of the competition. The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes New Zealand basketball, with TV coverage reduced, sponsorships dwindled and crowd numbers on the decline. At the end of the 1996 season, both the Wellington Saints and the Hutt Valley Lakers were struggling to survive. They amalgamated for the 1997 season and succeeded in signing a naming rights sponsorship deal with TransAlta.
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1997 New Zealand NBL season
The 1997 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 16th running of the competition. The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes New Zealand basketball, with TV coverage reduced, sponsorships dwindled and crowd numbers on the decline. At the end of the 1996 season, both the Wellington Saints and the Hutt Valley Lakers were struggling to survive. They amalgamated for the 1997 season and succeeded in signing a naming rights sponsorship deal with TransAlta.
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Jim DeGraffenreid
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The 1997 New Zealand National ...... onsorship deal with TransAlta.
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