The Magic have decided to guarantee center Khem Birch‘s $1.38MM contract for next season, Michael Scotto of The Athletic tweets.
Birch, an undrafted 25-year-old Canadian native, was a pleasant surprise in an otherwise dreary season for Orlando. The 6’9” Birch saw action in 42 games and averaged 4.2 PPG and 4.3 RPG in 13.8 MPG.
Birch, who played for UNLV for two seasons, began his pro career in the G League and then moved on to Turkey and Greece. Orlando signed him last summer.
He’ll be the team’s No. 3 center behind Nikola Vucevic and Bismack Biyombo unless one of those high-salaried big men is dealt.
Bamba is 4th ??
I was just about to say umm where does Bamba belong
They need a PG. I’d imagine Vucevic will be traded and Biyombo/Bamba can split time in the rotation until Bamba shows he can score consistently. Biyombo cannot either way
Dude had good numbers for his PT last season, so hopefully he can keep building on it, if Orlando trade their best player right now, Vucevic, then I think Birch will be the 2nd center behind Bamba, he is already better than Biyombo, who will be 3rd because no one wants him.