ORLANDO – Looking to address some of the team’s deficiencies while also adding veteran experience and toughness to the roster, the Magic reached into their past and signed guard Arron Afflalo and reached all the way to Europe to add power forward/center Khem Birch.
While Afflalo – a member of the Magic from 2012-14 – is well known to fans in Orlando, Birch is something of an unknown after playing professionally in Turkey and Greece the past two seasons. The 6-foot-9, 220-pound Birch was born in Montreal, Quebec, attended two high schools in Massachusetts, played collegiately at Pittsburgh and UNLV and was a G League standout before landing professional basketball contracts in Europe.