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Morning links: Jakob Poeltl called most NBA-ready center; Austin Collie details retirement and new pursuit

Utah center Jakob Poeltl, right, and his coach Larry Krystkowiak speaks to reporters during a news conference at the school''s basketball practice facility Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Salt Lake City. Poeltl announced he was leaving school to enter the NBA draft. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

A couple of days after Jakob Poeltl compared his game to Pau Gasol's, David Aldridge wrote about how the incoming NBA center class, headlined by Poeltl, will need to adjust to the way the league utilizes and values big men.

In Aldridge's story, he ranks Poeltl at the top of incoming centers in terms of how ready each would be to step into an NBA game right now.