It's 10:45 on Tuesday morning. Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant and his players are busy preparing for another day in the gym. They bring the necessary attire -- sneakers, baggy shorts, jerseys -- and, of course, their basketballs. They have a special audience, too.
On this day, they will run through light drills with some 70 sixth-graders in Shinonome Elementary School's gym in Koto Ward.
"Hello, my name is Coach Joe Bryant," the ex-pro says at the start of the two-hour session in the gym before orderly rows of students and curious adult onlookers.