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<\/p>\nThe brand new 16,000-square foot practice facility was built in a partnership between the City of Mississauga and MLSE, the owners of the Raptors and Raptors 905. <\/p>\n
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It features a full-sized court, including three baskets, revamped state-of-the-art locker rooms, a large fitness and training space, an extensive medical and rehabilitation area and a dining room and player lounge. <\/p>\n
Raptors 905 head coach Drew Jones said that the facility will help with his team\u2019s mission of developing basketball talent for the NBA team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt allows us to train with a great purpose and consistency,\u201d said Jones. \u201cIn the G League, with the roster turnover and the travel, the level of consistency can vary tremendously. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think when you\u2019re trying to grow and develop talent, one of the biggest things that the NBA is able to provide is a level of consistency in terms of the work, the atmosphere, the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charles said that the facility\u2019s best feature is that players and coaches can train whenever they want.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have a space that you have access to for 24\/7 you\u2019re able to have times where you\u2019re able to have one-on-ones with people while they work on free throws, while they work on dribbling, while they work on their game,\u201d said Charles. \u201cWe\u2019ve known that when our culture allows us to become a bit more human with someone, that there are the spaces that are comfortable for people, it\u2019s a development opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raptors 905 are the first-ever G League team to have an exclusive NBA regulation basketball court built.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s honestly amazing,\u201d said Lawson. \u201cIt just shows that the 905 cares and they\u2019re really putting the work in to help out whoever they can help, to help their players grow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because of MLSE\u2019s partnership with the City of Mississauga, the facility will be allocated to a number of basketball development camps and community groups both during the G League season and its off-season.<\/p>\n
\u201cMississauga is a place that produces great players and coaches and is home to top-tier sport venues,\u201d said Parrish in a statement. \u201cOur long-standing partnership with Raptors 905 and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment allows us to continue to elevate the calibre of sport in Mississauga.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new gym is a big win for us and will benefit both Raptors 905 as their new practice facility while also offering access for residents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawson, who is from neighbouring Brampton, Ont., but went to high school in Mississauga, loved that local youth will benefit from the new facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a kid I felt I played more outdoors than indoors, because there wasn\u2019t a lot of facilities I could go train,\u201d he said, sitting at his locker at Scotiabank Arena. \u201cJust the fact that there\u2019s another place you can go train at for kids in Mississauga or the GTA is honestly great. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re going to love it because it just gives them an extra sense of motivation. They can see the next step, like the 905, the NBA, all that\u2019s right there in front of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s opening concluded with Raptors 905 players leading a basketball clinic featuring more than 50 children from the Erin Mills Youth Centre, the Mississauga Monarchs and PDM Basketball, who became the first community groups to play on the new practice court.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 14, 2026.<\/p>\n
John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brand new 16,000-square foot practice facility was built in a partnership between the City of Mississauga and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-537087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}