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The Cairns Taipans are an Australian men’s professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League (NBL). The club is based in the North Queensland city of Cairns. The Taipans named after a species of venomous snake native to Australia entered the NBL in the 1999/2000 season. The Taipans play their home games at the 5300 seat Cairns Convention Centre (CCC) known as The Snakepit within the NBL and play in orange and white colours.