The timing is perfect. The Boston Celtics are scheduled to open their new training facility on June 19th, just in time for it to serve as another incentive for potential free agents and draftees.
In the well-remembered rant from Allen Iverson trivializing the questions about him missing practice. "Not a game! We talkin' about practice!" was The Answer's response to those questions.
Celtics president Rich Gotham looks at the importance of practice somewhat differently (per NESN's Darren Hartwell): “Players spend more time in the practice facility than they do in the arena they play in, and maybe more than they do at home,” Gotham said.