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:

Dallas Mavericks

Training camp: American Airlines Arena - Dallas
Scrimmage/Shootaround: Fan Jam: Oct. 9, 12 noon - 6 p.m., Texas Christian University
Preseason opener: Oct. 13 at New Orleans | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 2 vs. Sacramento
Players added: Vassillis Spanoulis, Didier Ilunga-Mbenga, Calvin Booth, Erick Dampier, Dan Dickau , Evan Eschmeyer, Devin Harris, Alan Henderson, Pavel Podkolzine, Jerry Stackhouse, Jason Terry
Players lost: Steve Nash, Scott Williams, Tony Delk, Danny Fortson, Antawn Jamison, Christian Laettner, Eduardo Najera, Antoine Walker, Jon Stefansson
Tickets: Packages | Single-game

Houston Rockets

Training camp: Toyota Center - Houston
Preseason opener: Oct. 10 vs. Miami | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 2 at Detroit
Players added: Luis Flores, Ryan Bowen, Bob Sura, Charlie Ward, Reece Gaines, Juwan Howard, Tyronn Lue, Tracy McGrady, Dikembe Mutombo
Players lost: Kelvin Cato, Steve Francis, Adrian Griffin, Cuttino Mobley, Eric Piatkowski, Mike Wilks
Tickets: Packages | Single-game

Memphis Grizzlies

Training camp: FedEx Forum Practice Facility - Memphis
Preseason opener: Oct. 12 at Orlando | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Washington
Players added: Sergei Lishouk, Brian Cardinal, Antonio Burks, Andre Emmett
Players lost: Theron Smith
Tickets: Packages | Single-game

New Orleans Hornets

Training camp: Alario Center - Westwego, La.
Preseason opener: Oct. 13 vs. Dallas | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Dallas
Players added: J.R. Smith, Tim Pickett, Chris Andersen, Sean Finn, Tremaine Fowlkes, Junior Harrington, Britton Johnsen, Lee Nailon, Rodney Rogers, Nate Williams, Alex Garcia
Players lost: Stacey Augmon, Steve Smith, Robert Traylor, Maurice Carter
Tickets: Packages | Single-game

San Antonio Spurs

Training camp: Spurs Training Facility - San Antonio
Scrimmage/Shootaround: Scrimmage, Oct. 10, 2 p.m. SBC Center
Preseason opener: Oct. 16 vs. New York Knicks | Schedule
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Sacramento
Players added: Beno Udrih, Romain Sato, Sergei Karaulov, Brent Barry, Linton Johnson III, Tony Massenburg
Players lost: Jason Hart, Hedo Turkoglu, Charlie Ward, Kevin Willis, Matt Carroll, Alex Garcia
Tickets: Packages | Single-game