Khem Birch

Birch completed his third campaign in Orlando last season and essentially filled the same role as in his first two years, albeit with a bump to 19.2 minutes per contest with the aid of a career-high 24 starts. The UNLV alum was a key fill-in when Nikola Vucevic missed 11 games with an ankle injury from late November to mid-December and finished with averages of 4.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.0 assist over 48 games. Birch is a solid rebounder who's best suited at power forward, as he's undersized for the five at 6-foot-9, but he won't offer much in the way of offensive contributions. With the Magic returning all five starters and valued veteran Al-Farouq Aminu scheduled to return to the frontcourt rotation from a knee injury that limited him to 18 games in his first season in Orlando, Birch's role figures to be modest once again unless multiple injuries strike the big men in front of him.