With Tom Benson attempting to change the name of the New Orleans team back to the Jazz, David Stern has already publicly intervened.

"It belongs to Utah," Stern said Monday, as reported by The Times-Picayune. "I wouldn't make it such an important point. There are many things that are indigenous to the area. I'm sure there will be some wonderful (suggested) nicknames."

Benson told fans he wants their help to find a new nickname "that means New Orleans and Louisiana. The Hornets doesn't mean anything."

The Jazz moved from New Orleans to Utah in 1979.