Josh Robbins: The Magic have officially signed Khem Birch.
Khem Birch Rumors
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Position: C
Born: 09/28/92
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary:
Born: 09/28/92
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary:
Adrian Wojnarowski: Free agent F Khem Birch has agreed to a two-year, $6M deal to return to Orlando, agents Mike George of @OneLegacySports and Jeff Schwartz of @excelsm tell ESPN.
Bobby Marks: A day after stretching Timofey Mozgov and signing Nikola Vucevic/Terrence Ross- Orlando is $3.5M below the luxury tax- including the $1.8M free agent hold of Khem Birch.
On Tuesday, the Magic took several steps to ensure that three key players could be back with the team next season. The actions taken on Tuesday – picking up the third-year option on Wes Iwundu’s contract and making qualifying contract offers to center Khem Birch and forward Amile Jefferson – could shed some light on the Magic’s aggressive approach in trying to retain future unrestricted free agents Nikola Vucevic and Terrence Ross. Again, the goal is to try and keep the entire team together as much as possible going forward.
Josh Robbins: The Magic have issued qualifying offers to Khem Birch and Amile Jefferson, making both of them restricted free agents on June 30.
The Magic will attempt to re-sign Birch and will almost assuredly make him a restricted free agent by extending him a qualifying offer, but Philadelphia expressed interest in him during the season and there could be several more this offseason, sources said.
