They'll continue to be the Hornets, at least for next season.

Though the Hornets are moving to New Orleans, they will keep their nickname at least through the 2002-2003 season, according to team spokesman Harold Kaufman.

The team has made no decision about whether to find a nickname more appropriate to New Orleans, although team co-owner Ray Wooldridge has been quoted in New Orleans media as saying he'd be delighted to take the name "Jazz" if the franchise in Utah is willing to give up that name. The Jazz moved to Utah from New Orleans after the 1978-79 season and kept the nickname.