While Raptors fans were busy doom posting about the team’s centre situation, Toronto's front office was focused on keeping Khem Birch. (loung_s)
For one, it was all but assured that franchise icon Kyle Lowry was leaving the club and, less so but still there, was the anxiousness over the team’s centre situation.
Not that this fazed the Raptors’ front office one bit. While Raptors fans were busy doom posting about the team’s horrible-looking centre situation, Toronto’s front office always had a plan in place, and his name isThe Montreal native, who signed with the Raptors midway through last season after getting waived by the Orlando Magic, signed a three-year, $20 million contract Friday to remain with the Raptors and couldn’t have been happier to do so.
In order to do it, it looks like the Raptors had to dip into most of their mid-level exception, but given how well Birch fit with the Raptors last season, that feels like a small price to pay. Additionally, he flashed an improving three-point stroke that he had never really shown before his arrival in Toronto.
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