With the 2004-05 season gearing up there is plenty that is new: A new franchise (Welcome back, Charlotte), a new divisional alignment (five teams per division) and plenty of new faces in new places (Shaq in Miami, for example).

To get you ready for all the change and to get the players ready for the new season, this training camp primer should help as camps open on Oct. 4. Find out where your team practices, when they scrimmage and against whom they open their preseason schedule:

Denver Nuggets

Training camp: Pepsi Center - Denver
Scrimmage/Shootaround: Oct. 12, 7 p.m., Pepsi Center
Preseason opener: Oct. 14 vs. Milwaukee in Colorado Springs, Colo. | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 2 at L.A. Lakers
Players added: Kenyon Martin
Players lost: Chris Andersen, Jon Barry, Ryan Bowen, Michael Doleac, Jameer Nelson, Jeff Trepagnier
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Minnesota Timberwolves

Training camp: St. Johns University - Collegeville, Minn.
Preseason opener: Oct. 13 vs. Milwaukee, Grand Forks, N.D. | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. New York
Players added: Blake Stepp
Players lost: None
Tickets: Packages | Single-game

Portland Trail Blazers

Training camp: Blazers Practice Facility - Portland
Scrimmage/Shootaround: Shootaround, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. @ Blazers Practice Facility
Preseason opener: Oct. 13 vs. Seattle | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 3 at Golden State
Players added: Sebastian Telfair, Sergei Monia, Ha Seung-Jin, Richie Frahm, Joel Przybilla, Viktor Khryapa, Nick Van Exel
Players lost: Dale Davis, Dan Dickau, Eddie Gill, Desmond Ferguson
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Seattle Sonics

Training camp: The Furtado Center - Seattle
Preseason opener: Oct. 12 vs. L.A. Lakers in Anaheim, Calif. | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. L.A. Clippers
Players added: Robert Swift, Andre Emmett, David Young, Ibrahim Kutluay, Danny Fortson
Players lost: Brent Barry, Calvin Booth, Andre Emmett, Richie Frahm
Tickets: Packages | Single-game

Utah Jazz

Training camp: Dixie State College - St. George, Utah
Preseason opener: Oct. 17 at Seattle | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. L.A. Lakers
Players added: Kris Humphries, Kirk Snyder, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur
Players lost: Tom Gugliotta, Mikki Moore, Greg Ostertag, Michael Ruffin, Maurice Williams, Pavel Podkolzine, Sasha Pavlovic
Tickets: Packages | Single-game