Why proud?
I'll be pleased for BM when and if he completes the project but proud? Nothing to do with me, nothing to be proud about.
Definitions of proud on the Web:
?feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth
banternoun
joking, kidding (informal), ribbing (informal), teasing, jeering, quipping, mockery, derision, jesting, chaff, pleasantry, repartee, wordplay, joshing, badinage, chaffing, raillery, persiflage She heard them exchanging good-natured banter.