Anaheim Looking For NBA Team Within Five Years

The OC Register's Eric Carpenter quotes Greg Smith, Anaheim executive director of sports, entertainment and conventions, that "within the next five years, Anaheim will have its own NBA team." That city is currently upgrading the 15 year-old Honda Center (formerly Arrowhead Pond at Anaheim) to make it more desirable for a team looking to relocate.

Add Anaheim (part of a metropolitan area with two NBA franchises already) to the list with Seattle (with existing KeyArena or a new venue), Las Vegas (with a new arena that is yet to be built) and Baltimore (with an unbuilt NBA-sized arena and the Washington Wizards about 40 miles south) that desire an NBA team. 

Does anyone really think a new arena is going to be built anywhere with the U.S. in an economic crisis? I sure don't.