The Anaheim Arsenal, an NBA Developement League basketball team that’s played at the Anaheim Convention Center since 2006, is moving to Massachusetts later this year.
The team is set to move to Springfield, Mass., home of the Basketball Hall of Fame, at the start of the 2009-10 season in November.
The move is the result of a $2 million investment in the team by Michael Savit, a minor league baseball team owner who heads up a group of Massachusetts investors.
The team’s current owners include local businesspeople Tom and Louise Jones, Gino Kwok, former president of the Summer Pro League in Long Beach, and boxing promoter Roy Englebrecht.
The Arsenal, part of a development league designed to groom young players for the NBA, has struggled to attract fans to its games.
The team now is affiliated with the Los Angeles Clippers and is set to pair up with a new East Coast team with its move.
A new name for the Arsenal is yet to be picked.
