[Shams] Khem Birch expected to sign with the Toronto Raptors after being waived by Orlando

[VancouverRaps]

Yeah, this is a massive blow to the tank. This guy probably puts us in Philly/Milwaukee tier. Even the Magic barely played this guy because they knew he’d kill their tank.

Masai will never learn smh. Already mentally preparing myself for a stupid 2nd round or ECF massive L

[GLF]

I've accepted the tank even though I wouldn't say I'm team tank but y'all are delusional if you think this signing detroys the tank lol. My man said Milwaukee and Philly level bahahaahahaah. Naw boss trust me we aren't making the playoffs lol. And we still need to be 100% healthy for Birch to even truly help us. If Fred and Kyle are both still out for a good while longer nothing is changing

[deep818]

Yeah, this is a massive blow to the tank. This guy probably puts us in Philly/Milwaukee tier. Even the Magic barely played this guy because they knew he’d kill their tank.

Masai will never learn smh. Already mentally preparing myself for a stupid 2nd round or ECF massive L

[Ramed Nazored]

Better than Bayne’s in every way. Can we waive Bayne’s now?

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

VanVleet
Trent Jr.
Anunoby
Siakam
Birch

='Ship

[ash_k]

has he signed yet?
I see the Hornets and the Pacers dropping.
The Bulls integrating Vucevic.
We must make the playoffs. We must find out what we have with GTjr.

[Kevin Willis]

VanVleet
Trent Jr.
Anunoby
Siakam
Birch

='Ship

What type of ship is the question. I say friendship. Those guys will hang out all the time.

[GLF]

VanVleet
Trent Jr.
Anunoby
Siakam
Birch

='Ship

This isn't a bad lineup for next season. You'd probably want someone better than Birch starting and have Birch come off the bench but yea. Boucher definitely need to become a full time 4 next season though. He can't handle playing the 5 physically and his defence actually isn't very good as a whole. He makes too many boneheaded mistakes

[Ramed Nazored]

VanVleet
Trent Jr.
Anunoby
Siakam
Birch

='Ship

For real though, that’s not a bad looking starting 5.

[Ramed Nazored]

VanVleet
Trent Jr.
Anunoby
Siakam
Birch

='Ship

This isn't a bad lineup for next season. You'd probably want someone better than Birch starting and have Birch come off the bench but yea. Boucher definitely need to become a full time 4 next season though. He can't handle playing the 5 physically and his defence actually isn't very good as a whole. He makes too many boneheaded mistakes

Indeed.

Slim’s cool but he’s an awful off ball/on ball defender and his tendency to jump on simple upfakes is infuriating. He can block shots, that’s really it.

[Merit]

About time. Canadian Towers to the rescue (next season).

[Zeno]

Better than Bayne’s in every way. Can we waive Bayne’s now?

We can ‘rest’ Baynes now but waiving him is a bad idea because his non-guaranteed deal may be needed in a trade during the off-season.

[HeadtopChunes]

Birch is a decent backup big, i don't think effects the tank but it will save our forwards from having to play so much C

[Merit]

Yeah, this is a massive blow to the tank. This guy probably puts us in Philly/Milwaukee tier. Even the Magic barely played this guy because they knew he’d kill their tank.

Masai will never learn smh. Already mentally preparing myself for a stupid 2nd round or ECF massive L

If this gets us to the Philly/Milwaukee Tier, then I hope to goodness we play spoiler instead of getting into the play-in round and teams observe how great our core is and choose to sign here as free agents or heck - even force their way here.

[Spida888]

This is a bit of a baffling move if the FO's motive was to stealth tank. Maybe the coaches/players raised concerns of having OG/Siakam playing extended minutes at C and putting a toll on their bodies.

This move won't make us good enough to make the play-in (not that I want to), especially if Chicago beats us tonight. Unfortunately, it may net us a few more wins where in a tight tank race can make us drop a few draft positions.

Hopefully, this move doesn't come back to bite us.

[WeThe2019Champs]

Hope so! we need serious help at the C.

[PhilBlackson]

VanVleet
Trent Jr.
Anunoby
Siakam
Birch

='Ship

In the G-League.

#dynastybegins

[Mr Funk]

7 pages about possibly signing Khem Birch, one of the most mediocre players in the NBA, who happens to be Canadian.

Yeah, the audacity of Raptor fans to discuss the potential signing of a Canadian player who has good potential to be a solid role/bench player we desperately need, as our bench and centres this season have been unmitigated trash.

Instead, we should have more threads about how Bobby/Masai apparently got fleeced trading Norm, that we should trade for cookie dough like Wiggins or KAT, should've traded Kyle for an assorted array of scrubs, and how generic board member (insertion of made-up name: RapsFan420) can apparently do a better job than Masai.

Masai will never learn smh. Already mentally preparing myself for a stupid 2nd round or ECF massive L

Not sure if sarcasm or serious?

We got a good backup for next year and for the remainder of this season, we can prevent OG and Pascal from getting further worn down playing out of position. But hey, if this scrappy, Covid plagued team without a bench and quality starting centre makes the playoffs and upsets some "contenders" lol while securing a decent position in the draft, that's kind of cool you know? We'd stand no chance against Miami, but everyone else are flawed or over hyped b.s.

[Son Goku 25]

For real I'd love it if he was our back up center next season

[TD2FutureStar]

For real I'd love it if he was our back up center next season

As long as we give him a max deal I'm ok w it