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What if the New Orleans Jazz rebranded when they moved to Utah? - chargeradio - 05-26-2024 12:49 PM
The Jazz moved from New Orleans to Salt Lake City in June 1979 and apparently there wasn't enough time before the 1979-80 season began to get league approval to rename the team. But if they had renamed, what do you think they would have chosen?
RE: What if the New Orleans Jazz rebranded when they moved to Utah? - Porcine - 05-26-2024 06:50 PM
The Gnus.
RE: What if the New Orleans Jazz rebranded when they moved to Utah? - Fighting Muskie - 05-26-2024 07:16 PM
Oddly enough, a team that eventually would call New Orleans home, the Hornets, actually had a name that would have worked in Utah—the beehive state.
I always thought it was dumb that they made no effort to rebrand the team. Jazz works as a team name in like 3 places—New Orleans, St Louis, and Memphis.
Speaking of Memphis, the Grizzlies should have picked a new name when they came to town too.
RE: What if the New Orleans Jazz rebranded when they moved to Utah? - TardisCaptain - 05-26-2024 09:00 PM
I wonder if they would have selected the Utah Stars after the successful ABA team that had ran just a few years earlier?
RE: What if the New Orleans Jazz rebranded when they moved to Utah? - chargeradio - 05-26-2024 11:06 PM
(05-26-2024 09:00 PM)TardisCaptain Wrote: I wonder if they would have selected the Utah Stars after the successful ABA team that had ran just a few years earlier?Certainly possible. There were the Utah Starzz in the WNBA, and the Jazz affiliate in the G-League is the Salt Lake City Stars.
RE: What if the New Orleans Jazz rebranded when they moved to Utah? - BePcr07 - 05-28-2024 10:14 PM
I like "Utah Stars." The New Orleans Hornets would have certainly rebranded as the "Jazz" when they decided on the "Pelicans."