Optimism is the common emotion shared by all teams as the new season unfolds in the early stages.
Players, coaches and fans are fired up to be a part of something new, something unified after a directionless decade for Japan pro basketball.
There's also been an impressive turnout of local and national media, chronicling action in words, photographs and sound bites.
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