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New Orleans Jazz made sense. Utah Jazz does not.
It's time to change the name to something for which the state is known. How about the "SLC SMOG"? The logo could be a basketball player with his head in a smog cloud.
Their motto: You can't beat the SMOG.
Eric Meyer
Providence