The Funny Ones that are Still Family Friendly
The Utah Salt Lakers
Obviously a play on the Los Angeles Lakers, who could also consider a rename, if they didn’t have 17 championships attached to the name. Los Angles doesn’t really have lakes, although Salt Lake City famously has one. I’m sure this would cause a lot of confusion, but it’s one of my favorites.
Tagg Romney Presents: The Utah Basketball Shooters, Dribblers, and Bucket Makers
Straight out of a Harlem Globetrotters spoof, the Tagg Romney Presents would certainly be hard to fit on a jersey. While the name is ridiculous, it would be a solid tribute to one of Utah’s most famous families. If you agree with them or not, including their name in the team would certainly be more fitting than the “Jazz.”
I love a descriptive name, and the team formerly known as the Jazz would probably be shooters, dribblers, and bucket makers. After all, that’s what most of a basketball game consists of.
The Utah Razorbacks
It sounds cool, doesn’t it? Until you understand what exactly the participant of the survey meant when he said “razorbacks.” A razorback is usually seen as a wild hog, which is brutish, dangerous, and cool. This is not what was meant. A razorback is also a type of sucker–a three-foot-long, ugly, bottom-feeding fish. Yes, it is critically endangered, and renaming the franchise after the fish could help save it, but do you really want to name a team after a bottom feeder?