First in a two-part series
Dameion Baker sits in his Tokyo apartment and waits for his cell phone to ring. The clock ticks — hour after hour, day after day — as he waits for a resolution to a traumatizing experience that has frustrated him beyond belief.
The Tokyo Apache forward ruptured his Achilles tendon on May 17 in the bj-league championship game against the Ryukyu Golden Kings at Ariake Colosseum. He had a team-high 20 points in the game, a game the Apache lost. Two days later, he underwent surgery at a local hospital.
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