Will Bynum back in D for 3 yrs/$10.5m
According to Marc Stein's twitter account, Will Bynum's agent is announcing that Bynum has re-signed in Detroit.
[Ed. note -- UPDATE: Two trusty Detroit reporters, Chris Iott of MLIVE and Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News, are saying their Pistons sources informed them that Bynum's deal is 3 years for $9.75 million, not $10.5 million. As Dan Feldman astutely notes, the Pistons were deceiving at first about Gordon's and Villanueva's contracts. Whatever the final figure is, it's a great deal for the Pistons - both $10.5 and $9.75 million are great value for Bynum's talent. -- Packey]
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completely solid and fair contract, I’m 100% happy with this news.
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by Mike Payne on Jul 28, 2010 12:13 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs
just beat me to it
I posted the ESPN official story
I do like this deal, but the thing that scares me is that if we use the MLE on some no name, even if we let Tay and Wilcox expire we’re going to have about zero cap space next year
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 28, 2010 12:15 PM CDT reply actions
that's why you have to trade Tay
Joe has to keep up with the game in order to keep the roster competitive. Playing at the salary cap without ever trading expirings is not going to improve the roster unless he hits on 5 straight draft picks, which OKC has sorta done.
LOL!
Or keep tay and trade rip for expirings. Then we’ll have a sick amount coming off the books and a new CBA to work with.
New CBA is probably a negative and not a positive in this case
though I guess you never know
Sorry to have to hide your work/time
Here’s the link bearded posted. It adds a little more, but I didn’t want two FanShots on the same thing. Thanks both Boney and bearded for being on top of this.
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Then my source must have had it wrong
I showed you guys the quote I pulled
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 28, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Chris Iott has different salary figure
Different numbers floating around but Will Bynum re-signs with #Pistons for three years and $9.75 million.
I’ll wait for official Pistons release, but if it’s in fact $9.75, I love this re-signing even more.
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by Packey on Jul 28, 2010 12:22 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
seems like joe lowballed him
i mean lesser pgs in IMO got more money this year. love me some will bynum.
Does that mean he is learning?
I hope so.
Where in the world is Trent Plaisted?
by Kriz on Jul 28, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah...low-balled only in the sense that everyone else overvalued who they paid
Bynum deserves a nice contract but last season was his first year to really show what he could do and it was riddled with ankle injuries. You can’t pay a guy $5M a year like some of the other “lesser” PGs got this off-season when no one is very interested and he’s coming off some nagging ankle injuries.
I’d say this is right up there as one of the better signings of the off-season for any team if only because I think we are paying him what he’s actually worth.
Also, using $3M a year on Bynum leaves at most around $2.8 for the remainder of our MLE so I’m starting to think that JoD won’t be using that MLE on someone unless he got insanely good value for it.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
by The Boourns on Jul 28, 2010 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
We still have the full MLE.
Bynum’s signing didn’t affect the MLE because we’re retaining our own player.
im glad that joe let the market decided bynums salary.
thank god he didnt throw out a crazy salary right away. bynum is a fan favorite and what not but he aint worth that much.
Soon he might have human emotion
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by ReichardZ on Jul 28, 2010 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like this signing. Bynum is on a fair contract. If nothing else, that makes him an easily tradeable piece.
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd
he’s cheaper than Ramon Sessions! awwww
LOL!
in all fairness
Sessions is a considerably better/more versatile player
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 28, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
never disagreed with it bt
admittedly I’m just pushing buttons
it’s a good deal for D. I thought we’d have to sign him 3 yrs $12m based on the crazyness of this offseason.
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come on now Mikey
I’ve been good lately! You know you don’t have fun without me riding you a lil’.
All day long stats stats stats or, “if we don’t get this guy I’m gonna pout” from you.. lighten up sizzlechest, it’ll be all good
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by V. on Jul 28, 2010 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Heard this on ESPN radio (I was driving in an old car with nothing else to listen to, in my defense)
When I heard this, and I seriously expected to hear something stupid like, 5 years $25 million, or something. Super excited about this deal. A healthy Bynum is absolutely worth $3.5 million/yr, and probably more.
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by Thom_not_Tom on Jul 28, 2010 2:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
old sig
but I think it did actually get the federal building guys (or so he claimed he/they were) to pay attention to their so called federal work. At least, I’d like to think our federal workers are on task and not wasting away tax payer dollars on an internet forum
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 28, 2010 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Waisting money on internet forum is the American way.
So I can only assume that is what they are doing.
My two favorite teams are the Tigers and Brewers. Drunk tigers. That sounds about right.
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this is more important than whatever's going on at the Detroit Federal building anyways.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
indeed
The less that goes on in the Federal building(s), the better it is for all of us.
by Big Z in Orlando on Jul 30, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
glad we all agree
Joe D is a genius again.
by Danny D on Jul 28, 2010 2:29 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs
temporary genius
ftw
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 28, 2010 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions
That that is is that that is not is not
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
by The Boourns on Jul 28, 2010 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm really surprised no one else gave him an offer sheet.
Anyway, good to have him back at this price.
We got Ben Wallace and Will Bynum for cheaper than:
Raymond Felton
Kyle Lowry
JJ Reddick
Wesley Matthews
Travis Outlaw
Al Harrington
Richard Jefferson
Amir Johnson
Drew Gooden
Channing Frye
I don’t know about you, but I think I’d rather have Wallace and Bynum than any of those individuals. I may be disappointed in the moves not made so far, but I can’t complain much about the ones that have been made.
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by Terrence J. Lynch on Jul 28, 2010 2:34 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Add Darko to that list.
Im glad he is back as well. Hope more will come. Agreed I like what we have done thus far. But I hate “standing Pat”.
Formerly known as SCNTFC!
Darko makes less than Wallace and Bynum combined.
Those other players make more.
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by Terrence J. Lynch on Jul 28, 2010 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Still
The fact that we got either one cheaper than Darko is EPIC WIN in my book.
by handsomerob1 on Jul 29, 2010 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Good signing!
The Pistons are in a pretty deep hole, one that got started when Chauncey was traded. Seems like maybe this offseason they’ve finally stopped digging. I’m genuinely happy about this contract.
Still wish very much we'd lost the last few games and snagged Cousins though
A gift-wrapped very-possibly-gonna-be superstar would make a lot of the hurt just disappear.
by Bill Higgins on Jul 28, 2010 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Totally unrelated..
But I remember someone saying the worst thing the Cavs could do is play Gibson extended minutes next year:
http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68413/20100728/gibson_to_play_larger_role_for_cavs/
well I do like boobies
so why the hell not?
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 28, 2010 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions
he will be exposed this year with the increase in playing time, if he hasnt been already,
as a super suck basketball player who was only in the league cuz he was brons buddy. and he had one sweet game against the pistons. im going to love seeing him join larry hughes and sasha pavlavic in the “former lebron james team mate hall of obscurity”.
you forgot damon jones
And Boobie didn’t have a great game, David Stern had a great game.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
by The Boourns on Jul 28, 2010 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Now we can get something SICK to fill out the MLE!!!
How does JOSH BOONE sound? or how about a little RASHO NESTEROVIC?
I really don’t know who else is out there, but I imagine someone is getting a little 2 year deal like what Wilcox signed, just a matter of who it will be. Any ideas?
sarcasm with the "SICK"? haha
I’m actually hoping we don’t sign anyone with our MLE. Don’t want to add to our payroll unless we’re getting a very solid guy that can actually help us at this stage. Don’t see anyone out there.
A trade is still in order hopefully. Let’s not use the MLE – unless maybe it’s a one year MLE deal.
There's nobody left out there that's worth anywhere near the MLE.
Josh Boone would be nice for like $1.5/yr. Rasho would be nice in 2005. Has Louis Amundson signed anywhere yet? He is a more than competent reserve at the 4 or 5 and has been ridiculously productive in limited minutes. His per/36 numbers last year were 11pts/11reb/2blk/55%fg. And I’m pretty sure we could get him for well under the MLE. Probably something in the $2-3m range would be in order. And don’t say we have the same guy in Jerebko— Amundson rebounds and blocks shots at a much higher rate, can actually defend larger players, and is much more efficient on offense.
I don't think Amundson has been signed yet...and apparently it seems less likely that Phoenix will re-sign him.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
Piston powered did a write up on Amundson, only down side is that he’s 6-9
http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/07/detroit-mle-dreams-louis-amundson/
But his heart and cock say he's 7'4"
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
I just read a statement from Amundson earlier today saying he was disappointed that Phoenix didn’t value him more, so he’s going elsewhere. I don’t know if he’d be happy with the MLE when other teams are dropping crazy amounts on crappy guys.
by garrettelliott on Jul 28, 2010 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree
And I’m pretty sure that Joe has realized that by now, but you never know with him
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 29, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
In a recent interview he said something that led me to believe he wasn't gonna spend the MLE this year.
But like you said, with him, you never know.
I hope he doesn’t though.
Where in the world is Trent Plaisted?
Right now I think an MLE sign = less minutes for Monr-ebko-nueva
As hard as it is to imagine us having a legit season with out a real center, the truth is, we will be only slightly less legit without one. If it looks like we are getting into the playoffs, then we can go sign a warm body, in the mean time it is possible for us to scrape by with Wallace and J-Max at the center and hope one of our other bigs can transition over.
in all honesty Big Ben was one of the best defensive centers last season
That isn’t a position of concern right now as he’s reportedly even stronger now after a summer of heavy lifting.
My biggest concern is about the future, as there’s no way we can hope to consistently go deep in the playoffs with a 40 year old undersized big man
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 29, 2010 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know...
if he’s getting stronger this late in his career…he might be even better by the time he’s 40…
Plus if his fro starts going grey which I think it already has, he’d have the ridiculous intimidation factor of a Don King fro to remind people just how badass he is and how pathetic all these 20 something big shots are getting schooled defensively by a grey-haired muscley man.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
strength =/ athleticism
He can be as strong as he wants, but he can’t be aging. Joints wear down, muscles fire slower and as a whole he becomes less mobile. Part of what makes Big Ben so special is his lateral quickness and ability to guard just about any player; I highly doubt he’s going to be able to retain that, and already he’s shown signs of slowing down. He was very good last year, but it was obvious he just didn’t have his old explosiveness, and that’s not a criticism of him – flat out he’s just getting old.
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 29, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
strength does not equal athleticism
He can be as strong as he wants, but he can’t beat aging.
Joints wear down, muscles fire slower and as a whole he becomes less mobile. Part of what makes Big Ben so special is his lateral quickness and ability to guard just about any player; I highly doubt he’s going to be able to retain that, and already he’s shown signs of slowing down. He was very good last year, but it was obvious he just didn’t have his old explosiveness, and that’s not a criticism of him – flat out he’s just getting old.
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 29, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
didn't mean to
I noticed a mistake and hit cancel midway through posting it, I guess they both went through
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 29, 2010 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
When its all said and done, Ben might go down as one of the best defensive centers ever
His best seasons were some of the highest ranked defensive performances ever. or at least recently.
ironic that Wilt is up there
People generally consider him to be purely an offensive player
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 29, 2010 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I think he's the greatest player of all time
There’s really no question that individually, no one did anything close except for MJ and Kareem (highest ppg and most points). However he didn’t win, for some reason or another (it’s very hard to know for sure as there are hardly any records kept on the guy) and that’s why he gets sat down behind Bill Russell.
Also part of Wilt’s d-rating could have been his extreme rebounding, and not actual defense. It could very well have been the case that while he rebounded every chance he got, he just let people score on him at will
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 30, 2010 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Will Bynum:
"I was fighting with all the people in my inner circle because of how much I was working out," he said. "They were telling me to slow down, but I’ve never slowed down. I don’t know what slowing down is."
…
“People wrote me off not to even be at this point. I’m ready to excel at what I do. I’m not content with being average or just being a player to come off the bench or the spark plug. My goal is to be the starting point guard for the Pistons. That’s my goal. I’m willing to sacrifice and do anything for us to win, but that’s one of my main goals. I’ve been working my tail off. I want to master this game. I’m not comfortable with just being regular or being normal or average. I feel like I’m truly blessed to do the things I can do on the court and I’m going to make the most out of it."
by Boom Roasted on Jul 29, 2010 6:20 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Survivor: Detroit
This season is going to be filled with drama. The Rodney vs. Will plans to be a huge battle but might take a back seat to the battle of the Huskies, Gordon vs. Hamilton. Then in the front court there is the race to unseat Tayshaun, between Jerebko and Daye, and CV31 vs. the entire city of Detroit in his own personal battle for redemption. Hopefully it will be good for basketball, Kuester can find ways to keep everyone playing hard every day all season long, and pulling people that are starting to slack.
Yeah if you can do it, do that shit.
I had no idea Motherfuckin Will Bynum had such lofty aspirations. #12!
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
This is exactly what Stuckey needs to be the franchise point guard we've been waiting for
If Bynum is gunning for him, I really don’t care who wins out, but ultimately it will mean better play out of both of them.
And my subject line is half joke btw.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
Nah...Stuckey HAS a jumpSHOT
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
it just doesn’t go in the hoop.
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by Mike Payne on Jul 31, 2010 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Which makes it a jumpCLANK
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by Terrence J. Lynch on Jul 31, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
boom roasted.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
It was bold, for sure.
I have no reason to doubt Will Bynum, because he’s exceeded my expectations of him thusfar, I expect him to play well beyond his contract as well.
The Bynum quote, and the cool one earlier last month from Jerebko about asserting himself more now that he’s had such a strong year behind him, are tangible, legitimate reasons to cheer for the Pistons in 2010.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
beside Wallace where is this other center coming from because it dosen’t look like a trade is going to happen. i say if we are not going to do nothing to improve our center position grab Shaq, after dealing with Kwame for a couple of years, Shaq is a major improvement. i think we grabed him with the mid level, we could easy become a contender just because are dept.
Stuckey/ Bynum/ White
Rip/ Gordan/ Daye
Prince/ Jerebko/ Summers
Monroe/ Charlie V/ Max
Shaq/ Wallace/ Wilcox
that looks like a deep team to me!!!!!!!!!
ehh....
Big Ben is a far better player than Shaq at this point. I’d much rather start him over Shaq, and more importantly Shaq is been infamous/notorious about ruining team chemistry as of late
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Aug 1, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Shaq's last good season was in PHX, and that was a few ago.
Ben was damn good last season. Ben Wallace is indeed far better than O’Neal at this point.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
Well regardless of whether Shaq would play well for us, he's not worth the MLE and he's not worth delaying the development of our younger players
While Shaq is clearly only fit to play center at this point, having him in our frontcourt would mean guaranteeing him minutes regardless of how good we are. And those are minutes that we could at least throw at our younger bigs.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
Bynum was in prison?
Just read this Langlois article:
http://www.nba.com/pistons/features/bynum_100802.html
and looks like Bynum spent time in an Israeli prison covered in shit (literally). Anyone know why? I bet it was some BS charges but just curious what the deal was.
MFWB was imprisoned for being the baddest man in Israel.
by -PS- on Aug 2, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Police have wrapped up their investigation into Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Will Bynum, who is suspected of running over a man after a nightclub brawl
They fail to mention that he was suspected of running over a man driving the lane on his way to the basket.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
by Skylar on Aug 2, 2010 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah that journalist definitely doesn't have a shooter's touch.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
by The Boourns on Aug 2, 2010 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
There is pun here about Bynum, driving, and bodily harm...
… but I’m just not putting it together
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