With the ball dropping on Basketball New Year on Nov. 2, we've taken stock in all that is new for the 2004-05 NBA season. From the NBA's 30th team to brand new five-team divisions to five new coaches, everyone gets a fresh start for Basketball New Year.

When the Hornets left for New Orleans before the 2002-03 season, the basketball-mad city of Charlotte was left without an NBA team. Thankfully, Robert Johnson stepped in. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, was awarded the expansion franchise in Dec. 2002. Longtime NBA coaching and front office executive Bernie Bickerstaff was named coach and GM and with the second overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, the Bobcats selected UConn forward Emeka Okafor. The Bobcats will play their first regular season game on Nov. 4 when they host the Wizards.

With the Bobcats' entry into the league, the NBA now had 30 teams -- a perfect number for six five-team divisions in each conference. But because the Eastern Conference already had 15 teams, that meant one team would need to move into the Western Conference. That honor went to the New Orleans Hornets, who now reside in the loaded Southwestern Division with the Spurs, Mavericks, Rockets and Grizzlies. You can see which teams are in what division here.

Last season, the NBA started with 10 men in new coaching positions. This season, the coaching carousel didn't spin quite as fast as there are eight new coaches. Jim O'Brien takes over in Philly, while in Boston, Doc Rivers steps into O'Brien's old position. In New Orleans, Byron Scott takes over the Hornets while, in L.A., former Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich replaces Phil Jackson as the head man for the Lakers. Three men get their first NBA head coaching jobs as Mike Woodson takes over in Atlanta, Mike Montgomery gets his chance with the Warriors and Sam Mitchell takes the reins in Toronto. And finally, in Charlotte, Bernie Bickerstaff returns to the bench.

This season, three teams will be looking a bit sharper when they take the court as they will be sporting new looks. The expansion Charlotte Bobcats will be the only NBA team right now to have orange as their primary color. And the Jazz decided to move mountains to change uniforms this season. Gone is the mountain design from their jerseys, replaced with a simple "Utah" for road unis and "Jazz" for home threads. Also, the Memphis Grizzlies have new uniforms and colors to match their new home (see below).

Fresh off their first 50-win season and first-ever playoff appearance, the Memphis Grizzlies get a chance to shine in a shiny new arena. The Grizzlies' new FedEx Forum becomes the second new arena (the Rockets opened the Toyota Center in Houston last season) in the NBA in as many years.