Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant has been all over the world because of basketball, and heading into this weekend, Bryant is hoping for another destination -- the top of the heap in the bj-league.

News photoJoe Bryant, head coach of the Tokyo Apache, speaks at a meeting of the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan on Monday night in Tokyo.

The Apache are one of four teams squaring off this weekend at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum, and Bryant is the biggest name involved, player or coach.