Maybe take back what I said after the Raptors’ signing news on Wednesday. The rumour today is that the Orlando Magic are going to waive their centre Khem Birch — and the Raptors are apparently in the lead to sign him to their roster. Once again, we turn to the scoopmeister, Shams Charania of the Athletic, with help from Josh Robbins, to set the scene:
The Orlando Magic are planning to waive center Khem Birch in order to give him an opportunity to play more, with the Toronto Raptors as his likely landing spot, sources tell me and @JoshuaBRobbins.