Talking with Will Bynum

I love Kwame Brown. Even before we signed him, before we were even in talks with him, I was on this board saying that he’d be a bargain pickup for us (and got flamed mightily for it). For whatever reason, people who’ve struggled always come to Detroit and do well. And I think in Kwame’s case, he finally came to a locker room where people actually cared about him as a player and person— he probably made friends on his team for the first time in his career. The little banter at the end of that interview is proof. He’s playing well, he loves his teammates, and I think he deserves a permanent spot in our bigs rotation for the next couple years.

And we need to sign this Bynum kid RIGHT FUCKING NOW before his asking price gets astronomical. He’s going to be a potential 6th MotY next year. Let’s lock him up before he starts asking for Ben Gordon money.

Joel, I suggested Kwame as well (I also suggested that the Lions try to sign him as well). I thought the Pistons could get him cheaper, but I was a big fan of signing Kwame because of his ability to defend in the low post and set monster picks to free up Rip. Kobe used to call him an “offensive lineman.”

Will Bynum = The Real Fourth Quarter Slaughter

I just think it’s so cute when he gets the ball around the free-throw line and gets all excited/hyper and does one of those crazy “Kwame-drives.” They usually end in a foul and one made free throw, but darn it if he doesn’t look like a sped in a ball-cage at McDonald’s.

And once I got to practicing against him, it was like, "You know? I’m good!" [Laughing] I’ve been watching this guy, looked up to this guy my whole career, and to be on the same team with him and playing against him – it’s not a word that I can tell you that can explain how I felt.

In other words, at this point in their careers, WB and AI bring just about the same skill set to the table.

Re: Kwame as offensive lineman — after Bynum exploded for 26 points last week, Kwame greeted reporters as they came into the locker room (jokingly) ranting about how no one ever wants to talk to the linemen, even though he’s the one who “pushed the line and opened holes” for Bynum with all his picks. He was yelling non-stop about how Bynum better give him credit, so much so that the first question a reporter asked him was something to the effect of, “so, that Kwame Brown sure set a lot of picks tonight …”

FYI, the proper will bynum nickname should be Ill Will – especially after seeing him dunk a few times.

Or Will.I.Am Xing U Up

@Matt:
Awesome, Awesome story. I love hearing that, and even as Will said, he owes Kwame and other players for his explosion of late. Bynum couldn’t do this on his own.

God damn, I can’t say how fucking happy i am to see all this love for Will Bynum. He deserves it, he has been the brightest spot on this team this season, perhaps shared with dyess and rip, for what has otherwise been to ugly to stomach.

/back to vacation now. i’ll be back on dbb thursday.
//bynum’s biggest fan. come test me.

@Rob G:
Or Will.I.Am Xing U Up

I used to work at LaSalle and Hubbard in downtown Chicago, the River North area. I was at that company for a good 6 years at the time, and one morning at 10:00 a.m. I was walking across LaSalle to head to the office (if you know River North, the House of Blues was around the corner). So this one morning, I saw the Black Eyed Peas tour bus at the intersection, stopped in front of me where I was walking.

I was hungover, possibly still drunk. As I passed the Black Eyed Peas tour bus, I raised both arms high with a middle finger on both, yelling “fuck you, you program pop bitches!” The driver, and one of The Peas saw me and flipped me back, cursing at me. I can’t say it was WillIAM, but it was one of those Lou Perlman bastards. (by “lou perlman”, i mean that the black eyed peas were organized by a label to build a pop product, auditioning performers just like lou perlman did for the backstreet boys, which essentially the black eyed peas are)

Good times.

…granted, I do rather enjoy WillIAM’s production on Talib Kweli’s latest album…

It’s awesome reading fun, positive stories like this again. I love to hear the behind the scenes stuff, who’s buddies with who, and how they joke around and stuff. It’s cool to see Kwame and Bynum are friends, because they seem like such an odd couple. Bynum is so tiny and Kwame is so huge. They should have a sitcom.

Bynum and Kwame are are about the same age. Kwame hasn’t really been on a team with people his age before. I remember an interview with him a long time ago where he talked about playing video games in his hotel room while the rest of the Wizards went out to bars.

I think Turiaf was the only guy his age on the Lakers.

RE:

Will.I.Am.A.Hologram

If I could kneecap him I would. Thief’s theme was better than Hip Hop is Dead, and Give it all you got was better than Fergilicious.

Sellouts.

Back to the ‘stones, I think any real Detroit fans loves these two dudes and wants them back, I’ve said it before but they were standouts this season. Definite highlights.