Why Did Khem Birch Play So Good With The Toronto Raptors?

[@tooforwon241]

Great video! And Birch is still good for the Raptors this season even though he's been relegated to the bench again

[@bballcoachallen]

100% I like Birch a lot on the Raptors

[@canadadry4609]

Coach, have you considered posting this vid in the Raptors section of REAL GM or reddit? Theyd eat it up. I'll be posting it there, get you some more views.

[@bballcoachallen]

I don't have a real gm account, but I would love to see the reaction of it there if someone wanted to share it there... For Reddit I think I have been blocked from most pages because people hate people sharing their own videos ... But I love reading others comments about my videos on those platforms when others post the videos there

[@paradiselost9009]

He was solid. I hope we see him in Raptors again next season.

[@bballcoachallen]

same here

[@paulb808]

Great video, when compared to Aron Baynes, Birch looked like Embiid out there. lol, I hope he comes back to the Raptors, hopefully as the backup though, need another playmaking center if possible

[@bballcoachallen]

LOOL yea ... I hope Khem Birch comes back next season but considering his relationship with Nick Nurse I would think he will

[@TacticFanatic0]

think we got enough length now with scottie 😆 point forward

[@volcomstoned876]

Update - he did 🥰

[@teongameing558]

Nice breakdown of Khem birch’s game well done

[@bballcoachallen]

Thank you

[@fredfrond6148]

Great content, I came here when I heard Kem Birch just signed a three year $20 million deal with Toronto a very team friendly deal. Obviously Kem feels the same way you do about his game in Toronto. Your video gives great understanding as to why he signed with Toronto on such a cheap deal.

[@bballcoachallen]

Thanks, I believe Khem is going to have a career year this year. Such a steal at $20 mil

[@bballcoachallen]

@G Thanks 💪

[@canadadry4609]

Also. Definitely a new subscriber here. I respect the hustle, coach.

[@bballcoachallen]

Thank you! Happy you like my hustle

[@rer6513]

Very solid centre good passer too

[@bballcoachallen]

I agree

[@blessingjay8076]

He wasn't traded. He was bought out. And decided to come play for his home team.

[@bballcoachallen]

yea my bad did I say traded... allergies are making me dumb

[@blessingjay8076]

@@bballcoachallen no worries. But I like the video thou

[@rickgs8]

Great analysis, thanks for the video

[@bballcoachallen]

Glad you liked it!

[@iainbrewin]

Still bummed about Canada missing the Olympics

[@bballcoachallen]

same here ... next time

[@johnmichaelgutlay5737]

The raptors offseason was an amazing offseason in this year's free agency they get a lot of excellent defenders but the question is where the offense will came from. But since we don't know yet i think their coach will implement a very low scoring game for every teams this season because of the defense that they will give every team that they will face

[@bballcoachallen]

I think the raps will have the best defense in the league and I have a feeling we will run a 5 out offense as we are now a positionless team. Most likely play a switch everything defense ... I think that the raps will be be in 6-7th place but I ind of hope we're near last or out of the playoffs so we have a chance at Chet Holmgren or Paolo Banchero or even Nikola Jovic ... or to be honest any of the top big man lol

[@davidpotter3773]

Raps are going up force so many turnovers this year and lead the league in fast break points

[@Ronindan1]

Plus the Raptors play an unselfish style of basketball, Siakam, Lowry, OG and Van Fleet are more than happy to pass the ball to an open teammate or the roll man. Pascal Siakam is pretty much the 3rd point guard of the team.

[@StepBackPascal]

Pascal has improved so much as a passer also, he isn’t just a scoring threat he’s a playmaking threat also and that’s a great sign especially because he’s the #1 option

[@bballcoachallen]

I like the players on the raps this year... maybe add a better starting center and draft Jalen Green

[@jesusa2157]

Great video coach

[@bballcoachallen]

thank you

[@keithalvarez2696]

Khem birch was not traded to the raptors

[@bballcoachallen]

your are correct... did I say that?

[@keithalvarez2696]

@@bballcoachallen yeah near the beginning of the video. But it was a good video. I will subscribe

[@comanderbeef]

Honestly, to me this shows how terrible Baynes was rather than how good Birch is

[@bballcoachallen]

lol and I had high hopes for Baynes

[@freshjellomusic5097]

Too bad there is only one Nick Nurse.

[@bballcoachallen]

many great coaches out there though

[@sugu8403]

Answer: He literally got minutes, damn what a brain buster question

[@bballcoachallen]

50% more time with Toronto with double the stats... yes more time, but in theory your performance would stay the same. However his stats were way better than 50% better

[@sugu8403]

@@bballcoachallen Ya because with more minutes you develop rhythm, and because he was our only serviceable big there was no worry for him regarding being benched like in Orlando, so Khem was just able to play to his strengths putting up solid numbers.

[@sugu8403]

@Kobe Fanforever That’s blatantly false; a quick example are rhythm shooters in the NBA perform better in relation to their minutes; If you pull them before they get in rhythm they are prone to cold streaks. For big men there are copious amounts of examples where they have gotten minutes so they were finally able to produce without worry of being benched for example Jermaine O’Neal (year 4 to year 5), Zach Randolph (year 2 to year 3), Robert Williams (last year to this year), Rudy Gobert (year 1 to year 2), Dennis Rodman (year 1 to year 2) and that’s just off the top of my head; so for you to say minutes don’t mean anything is asinine especially when said players fully capitalized on the huge increase in minutes and reflected that statistically. Trust me when I say I’m not the guy you want to argue with in a stats conversation I’ve been watching basketball a longgggg time.