All Josh Jackson has ever needed was a rim and ball to put “the work in” as he calls it.

So he hadn’t really thought about how a new practice facility would benefit the Phoenix Suns when the city council approved a $230-million renovation proposal for Talking Stick Resort Arena, but Jackson was very happy with the vote back in January.

“I’m excited about the renovations, the practice facility,” Jackson said days after the council voted 6-2 in favor of the proposal. “Going around and seeing what (other NBA teams) have and just knowing we deserve to have nicer things, too. I know it’s going to be really, really nice. I think it’s really going to benefit us down the road."

The Suns are also building a practice facility as part of the deal. It will be located within Phoenix city limits with an estimated cost between $25 and $50 million.

The franchise’s current practice facility is inside the arena. An ideal location for this new one would be near Scottsdale where many professional athletes typically stay.

The Suns haven’t announced a specific location, but they’re hoping to begin construction later this summer.

These practice facilities typically take 18 months or so to compete. Based on that timetable, the Suns' new facility could be complete during the the 2020-21 season.

The Suns might look to partner with a hospital or healthcare company as several NBA teams like Atlanta, Milwaukee and Brooklyn.

The arena renovations are scheduled to be completed by the beginning of the 2021-22 season. The Suns are set to remain in downtown Phoenix until 2037 and have an option to extend the lease to 2042.

If the team leaves before 2037, it would face up to a $200 million fine.

“It’s great for the city, but for the fans to have that security,” said Ryan Anderson before being traded to Miami for Tyler Johnson before the Feb. 7 trade deadline. “Knowing the team is going to be around. … Having that security and knowing the team is going to be there rather than having this looming on what’s going to happen with the team.”

The Suns are still in the planning stages and still must select a general contractor and architect, but this is all part of the team’s goal of returning to its winning ways.

Phoenix hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2010 and finished this season with its second-worst record in franchise history at 19-63.

“It’s all about momentum,” said Suns general manager James Jones when asked about the benefits of having a new practice facility earlier this season. "Players thrive off momentum. If you watch a game, you’ll see their runs and you look, it starts with one shot or one play. You build that momentum. Now that players and their representatives know that we’re building that momentum, it makes it easier to jump on board because they feel if they get with us, they can carry us."

The $25 to 50 million price range for the facility falls in line with cost of several of the NBA’s new practice havens.

Philadelphia 76ers — Name: Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex. Cost: $82 million (125,000 square feet). New Jersey approved cost in tax breaks over 10-year span. Location: Camden, N.J. Opened: Sept. 2016.

— Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex. $82 million (125,000 square feet). New Jersey approved cost in tax breaks over 10-year span. Camden, N.J. Sept. 2016. Los Angeles Lakers — Name: UCLA Health Training Center. Cost: $80 million (120,000 square feet). Location: El Segundo, Calif., Opened: July 2017.

— UCLA Health Training Center. $80 million (120,000 square feet). El Segundo, Calif., July 2017. Boston Celtics — Name: Red Auerbach Center. Cost: East Boston Saving Bank partnered with NB Development Group to provide a $76 million loan for the complex where the practice facility. Location: Boston Landing in the Boston neighborhood of Allston/Brighton, Mass. Opened: June 2018.

— Red Auerbach Center. East Boston Saving Bank partnered with NB Development Group to provide a $76 million loan for the complex where the practice facility. Boston Landing in the Boston neighborhood of Allston/Brighton, Mass. June 2018. Washington Wizards — Name: St. Elizabeth’s East Entertainment and Sports Arena. Cost: $69 million (118,000 square feet) Location: Congress Heights section of Washington, D.C. Opened: September 2018.

Brooklyn Nets — Name: HSS Training Center. Cost: $50 million (70,000 square feet). Location: Eighth floor and rooftop of waterfront warehouse in Industrial City section of Brooklyn. Opened: Feb. 2016.

— HSS Training Center. $50 million (70,000 square feet). Eighth floor and rooftop of waterfront warehouse in Industrial City section of Brooklyn. Feb. 2016. Atlanta Hawks — Name: Emory Sports Medicine Complex. Cost: Roughly $50 million (90,000 square feet). Location: Brookhaven, Ga. Opened: November 2017.

— Emory Sports Medicine Complex. Roughly $50 million (90,000 square feet). Brookhaven, Ga. November 2017. Toronto Raptors — Name: OVO Athletic Centre (Named after rapper Drake’s October’s Very Own brand. Cost: $38 million (68,000 square feet). Location: Downtown Toronto. Opened: Feb. 2016.

— OVO Athletic Centre (Named after rapper Drake’s October’s Very Own brand. $38 million (68,000 square feet). Downtown Toronto. Feb. 2016. Milwaukee Bucks — Name: Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Science Center. Cost: $31 million (55,000 square feet). Location: Across the street from its new arena. Opened: Aug. 2017.

The Sacramento Kings also have a new 60,000-square foot practice facility, but it’s attached to the Golden 1 Center which cost $558.2 million and opened before the 2016-17 season.

The Suns are looking to build their practice facility away from the arena and have amenities and services to not only help their own players, but entice potential new ones to “join us” as Jones put it.

That’s what Milwaukee was thinking with its new practice facility.

"I believe this is a real weapon to recruit players," said Mike Fascitelli, a New York real estate executive who's part of the Bucks ownership group in an Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article in August 2017. "We wanted it to be very state of the art, very futuristic."

Two seasons later, the Bucks have the NBA’s best record.

This by no means suggests the Suns will rise to that level two seasons after their practice facility is complete.

However, the new building is expected to be state of the art like several other NBA teams.

Philadelphia has a comprehensive hydrotherapy room with multiple pools and tubs, a 2,800-square foot locker room and restaurant catering exclusively for 76ers staff with private chef Jaehee Cho.

“In the business today, there are so many things that you’re competing with other franchises, it’s become a little bit of an arms race,” said former 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo when he was on staff in 2016 when the facility opened. “We’re taking this to an entirely new level in terms of the health and performance and nutrition aspect of things. We’re really trying to drive excellence, create a culture of maximum performance, and trying to give them as many things that could help enhance that and get us there quicker.”

Atlanta has “the 3 Tesla MRI scanner, diagnostic imaging technology, recovery technology, 3-D motion capture analysis, and blood/sweat testing and analysis” ran by Emory physicians.

Of course there’s the multiple basketball courts, whirlpools, hot and cold tubs, pools, immense office spaces for coaches and staff, but there’s also lavish lounge areas that make the facility feel like home.

““For players to find a place to work, and call their own is such a big thing I think,” said Raptors president and GM Masai Ujiri during their facility's debut.

Having that comfort level is one thing.

Sharing that space with your teammates is important, too, but being able to go to the facility at any time is a big deal for Jamal Crawford.

“Some guys like to do late-night work,” he said. “Some guys like early morning workouts. Some guys, they can’t sleep and want to get work in the gym. I think the benefit of being able to come and go as you please. You can have camaraderie with your teammates and being always able to take care of yourself be it getting in the cold tub or the hot tub. Just different things. You feel like it’s your sanctuary.”

Crawford remembers playing for the Los Angeles Clippers and taking his son “three to four times every week” to their practice facility at night in Vista, Calif.

“If we were just at Staples (Center), I wouldn’t be able to do that,” he said. “Those extra hours. You can go in whenever you want. Two in the morning, get your shots up. At the arena, the security has it locked down.”

Have opinion about current state of the Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at dmrankin@gannett.com or contact him at 480-787-1240. Follow him on Twitter at @DuaneRankin.

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