A casual fan of the San Antonio Spurs may not realize that since last February, Khem Birch has been a member of the Silver & Black. He was traded, along with a 2024 first-round pick and two future second-round picks, for Jakob Poeltl.
Poeltl himself was returning to Toronto after moving here with DeMar DeRozan back in 2018 for Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, and the draft pick that became Keldon Johnson.
Birch did not appear in any games for the team during the remainder of the season due to a lingering knee injury.
Originally undrafted in 2014, Birch started with the G-League Sioux City Skyfall before heading overseas to play in Turkey and then Greece.