{"id":248981,"date":"2024-07-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=248981"},"modified":"2024-08-27T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T14:15:04","slug":"khem-birch","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/khem-birch\/","title":{"rendered":"Khem Birch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khem Birch est un des joueurs qui s&rsquo;est engag\u00e9 en 2022 \u00e0 s\u2019aligner avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale dans l\u2019espoir de qualifier le Canada pour sa premi\u00e8re participation \u00e0 un tournoi olympique de basketball masculin depuis Sydney 2000. Birch a port\u00e9 les couleurs de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale senior pour la premi\u00e8re fois au Tournoi de qualification olympique de la FIBA 2016, o\u00f9 le Canada est venu \u00e0 un match pr\u00e8s de se qualifier pour Rio 2016, s\u2019inclinant devant la France en finale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 2019, Birch a jou\u00e9 pour le Canada aux \u00c9liminatoires de la zone Am\u00e9riques de la Coupe du monde de basketball masculin de la FIBA, aidant alors l\u2019\u00e9quipe \u00e0 d\u00e9crocher sa place \u00e0 la Coupe du monde qui allait avoir lieu plus tard cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0. Un des deux joueurs de la NBA \u00e0 faire partie d\u2019\u00c9quipe Canada \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0, il a fini premier de sa formation pour les rebonds et les blocs. Dans la cat\u00e9gorie junior, Birch a remport\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille de bronze au Championnat U18 des Am\u00e9riques de la FIBA 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birch a jou\u00e9 pour l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Pittsburgh \u00e0 sa premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e d\u2019admissibilit\u00e9 dans les rangs universitaires avant de faire l\u2019objet d\u2019un transfert \u00e0 l\u2019UNLV en 2012. \u00c0 sa deuxi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e universitaire, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 Joueur d\u00e9fensif de l\u2019ann\u00e9e dans l\u2019Association Mountain West, ayant fini premier dans l\u2019Association pour les blocs tout en aidant les Runnin\u2019 Rebels \u00e0 se retrouver au tournoi national de la NCAA en 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birch a amorc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re dans les rangs professionnels en 2014-2015 en D-League, le circuit de d\u00e9veloppement de la NBA et il a \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9 au Match des \u00e9toiles \u00e0 sa premi\u00e8re saison. Il est ensuite all\u00e9 outre-mer, o\u00f9 il a disput\u00e9 une saison en Turquie. Il a \u00e9volu\u00e9 en Gr\u00e8ce la saison suivante, atteignant la finale de l\u2019Euroligue avec l\u2019Olympiakos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En juillet 2017, il a sign\u00e9 un contrat avec le Magic d\u2019Orlando et a fait ses d\u00e9buts dans la NBA la saison suivante. Il a rejoint les rangs des Raptors de Toronto \u00e0 mi-chemin de la saison 2020-2021 et il a ensuite disput\u00e9 deux autres saisons avec la formation torontoise. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 2024, il est retourn\u00e9 jouer en Europe, o\u00f9 il a rejoint les rangs de Girona dans la Liga en Espagne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de Khem<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9buts :<\/strong>&nbsp;Est devenu le tout premier joueur du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 disputer le Match&nbsp;All-American&nbsp;McDonald\u2019s, \u00e9v\u00e9nement qui met en vitrine les meilleurs talents des \u00e9coles secondaires aux \u00c9tats-Unis\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khem Birch est un des joueurs qui s&rsquo;est engag\u00e9 en 2022 \u00e0 s\u2019aligner avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale dans l\u2019espoir de qualifier&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":254849,"template":"","tags":[30961412,1104411,415984071,415985124],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[1985],"game":[415985140],"team":[682166676],"event":[176925371],"province":[415983157],"class_list":["post-248981","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-basketball-2","tag-equipe-canada","tag-khem-birch","tag-paris-2024","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-basketball","game-paris-2024","team-paris-2024-basketball-hommes","event-equipes-hommes","province-quebec"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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