Before a single shot is taken in the season's first game, every team knows the following:
You've got to start somewhere, and for the Tokyo Apache that somewhere happens to be suburban Dallas, where they begin an eight-day preseason training camp on Friday.
New coach Bob Hill, the first ex-NBA bench boss to lead a bj-league club, will direct the team's workouts at the Integrated Athletic Development complex in Carrollton, Texas.
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