Three questions the Jazz must answer by the All-Star break

Jeffrey Swinger-USA TODAY SportsBy just about any metric, the Utah Jazz are rolling. They’ve won eight of their last nine games and are poised to make a jump up the standings with an easy slate of games over the next two weeks and most of January.

However, the Jazz haven’t necessarily put their October and November demons behind them. For now, it seems like they have, but there are lingering questions that the team needs to answer to ensure that the preseason goal of legitimate playoff contention remains a possibility.

Is finding a new backup center a high priority?

The offseason signing of Ed Davis clearly hasn’t worked. There was always going to be a drop-off in the reserve center department…