If NBA teams had geographically correct names.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Dallas Oilers?
Los Angeles Tremors/Earthquakes?

[slightly biased bias fan]

Dallas Oilers?
Los Angeles Tremors/Earthquakes?

Oilers isn't a bad idea, Dallas Texans is the only other one I could think of.

[greece66]

Utah Jazz is the most absurd to me.

OK, they wanted to have the state instead of the city but Jazz?

I understand they relocated in 1979 and everything, but still.

New Orleans Jazz it is.

[passesofftodj]

Utah Jazz is the most absurd to me.

OK, they wanted to have the state instead of the city but Jazz?

I understand they relocated in 1979 and everything, but still.

New Orleans Jazz it is.

Those Mormons sure know how to bop!

[apc]

LA can stay with the Fakers. its suits LA, fake city.

[Moranis]

I don't really see the issue with a team name transferring.  If the city losing the team really wants to keep the name you can do it i.e. Cleveland Browns (which is just an odd name to want to keep since the name was from their founder who got forced out and then started the Bengals and whose son still owns the Bengals) or if the team wants to get a new name when they leave they can do that as well (see Pelicans and Titans changing from Hornets and Oilers). 

[mgent]

I like the Phoenix Phoenix.

[danglertx]

The ones that bother me the most are that New Orleans should be the Jazz (not Utah), Charlotte should be the Hornets, and Utah should not be the only franchise named after a state and not a city (wait, this applies to Minnesota too I guess).  They should be Salt Lake whatevers and Minnesota should be Minneapolis.

I don't get the Toronto Huskies or why Sacramento would be the Grizzlies but agree the Grizzlies make no sense in Memphis (How about the Memphis Blues as in Blues singers).

You are right that the LA Lakers makes no sense since there isn't a lake anywhere near LA but I don't see that changing.

Toronto Huskies were the original basketball team in the area but they disbanded, recently even the Raptors wore a heritage Huskies jersey, also the Husky are a native of Canada I think the only reason they didn't go back to the huskies was that they couldn't design a logo that didn't look similar to Timberwolves

As a proud Husky owner, this made my heart hurt.  I think they are called Siberian Huskies for a reason and it has nothing to do with Canada.  Although there are also now Alaskan Huskies which are bigger.