It was stupid for them to retain the Lakers as it's associated with MN's geography. The Jazz is associated with the culture of NO. Do the Rams and Colts have any significance with their former cities other than picking random animal mascots?Keeping a name after a team moves is not terribly uncommon. Did you ever wonder why LA calls their team "The Lakers"? They started in Minnesota. The Rams and Colts kept their names as well after moving Cities
At least the Expos/Nationals, Oilers/Titans, Supersonics/Thunder, Nordiques/Avalanche, and Whalers/Hurricanes were smart to change their names.