Bob Ryan Thinks Wizards Can Be #1 Contenders In The East

Bob Ryan was filling in for Tony Kornheiser on ESPN's PTI show. Ryan had some interesting comments concerning the Washington Wizards. Ryan seems to think that if Lebron James leaves Miami that the Washington Wizards will all of a sudden take a big leap in the east. Here's what he had to say.

"Are you ready for this...the new favorite to win the East if Lebron vacates Miami...the WASHINGTON WIZARDS! That's who."

Wilbon responded as if he was a Wizards fan himself.

"That sentence has never been spoken on any show dealing with basketball..."

Lol. True.

Kornheiser Praises RG3 And Believes That Is The ONLY Reason The Wizards Beat The Heat

The Wizards big win over the Heat last night was a decently big NBA story due to how good the Heat are and how bad the Wizards are.  The win even made PTI's opening teaser, and was the 2nd item talked about on the show (slow news day).

Kornheiser said he watched the last 5 minutes because he kept switching over to Mark Wahlberg's Contraband before that. Lol.

Wilbon: "That's great of you to give them 5 minutes on the greatest night of their lives, that's nice of you"

Kornheiser:  "The answer is very simple, It Is RG3esus! That is the answer here!  Ted Leonsis, the owner, had been sitting in that seat all season long, they hadn't won squat! Griffin shows up, BOOM, they win, that is the answer!"

Wilbon said it was because the Wiz get people every 15 games and were playing the champs, so they played their hardest.

Liking The Wizards Worst Decision Of Tony Kornheiser's Life

PTI smashed the Wizards once again.  After earlier in the show Tony admitted he watched the Wizards game instead of the Knicks/Nets game.

The question in the "Toss Up" game was who had a worse loss the night before, the Bobcats who were at one point down almost 50 points, or the Wiz who got blown out for their 12th straight loss.

TONY:  "Now the Wizards are unspeakably awful...(your team)...and they didn't even guard San Antonio...(your team)...last night...and they are 0-12..." 

MIKE:  "You have renounced your citizenship in NY to take up with the Wizards which is easily the worst decision of your life"

TONY:  "Jury is still out"

Tony picked the Bobcats and of course, Wilbon said the Bulls, which weren't even a choice.

PTI: Wizards A Disgrace!

During PTI's toss up game the 0-6 Wizards once again made the game, and once again it wasn't for a good reason.  Let's listen to Wilbon & Kornheiser Crush the wiz after being asked this question:

Most likely to get their first win tonight: Pistons or Wizards?

Tony: "The Wizards are a disgrace.  I watched them last night.  They got beat BAD by the terrible Bobcats.  They got beat bad. Their starting guards AJ Price and Bradley Beal, #3 pick I think overall pick in the draft in the draft, were like 3 for 23, these are NBA starting guards, I can't believe they charge money to watch this team.  It's AWFUL."

Wilbon: "At one point the Wizards missed like 15 shots in a row, and I said, 'That's it, I'm done with this'".

Tony decided not to pick anyone because the Wiz made him so sick, and Wilbon went with the Wizards.

PTI Files: Wizards Will Be Crying A River

The guys at PTI always have some great things to say about the Wizards.  That is why it is such an awesome show, because DC teams are brought up all the time randomly cuz both TK & Wilbon were DC Sports Writers.

Here is what had me laughing today...during the pre-commercial teaser:

Wilbon: "Which Wizard was brought to tears after a recent loss..."

Tony: "Whoever it was get used to it, cuz they're gonna lose some more..."

Wilbon: "There's not enough tears, that's cry me a river...are you kidding me!"

Tony: "...they're gonna lose about 60"

Ahhhh...love it...then the bit was about Beal crying after the loss to the Celtics...

Tony: "2 for 13, you don't joke about that"

Who Is Patrick McEnroe?

I had no clue what Gilbert was talking about. It seems like every time I turn on PTI, I see neither Tony or Wilbon, so I turn it off. Apparantly one of the two guys hosting was Patrick McEnroe. Like everyone else I wanted to know "Who the hell is this guy, and how did he get on PTI...they must be desperate" Besides "the 2nd worst guest host in the history of PTI" (Dan Le Bastard), there were other parts to that answer.

Patrick McEnroe is John McEnroe's less successful younger brother. Aside from not being in the movie Big Daddy like his brother, Patrick is also not know for being known by anyone. He never won a singles championship in his career. He was a good doubles player, but who cares, doubles sucks. Plus, I'd like to see the breakdown on how many points he scored vs his partner. As a TV guy, he is sometimes on Cold Pizza. Wow he must be good.

I can only guess that PTI called up John McEnroe to guest host. John was too busy hitting solid gold tennis balls into piles of money. Meanwhile, he knew his brother was hitting those tennis balls people hit over the fence that kids collect into a wall (the only one who will play with him). He told PTI "sure my brother sucks, but if you do this favor for me, I'll repay you in the future" (look forward to John guest hosting Who's Now, or doing an entire episode of SportsCenter)

Really I don't think Gilbert even knew that this guy was a tennis player, or John McEnroe's brother. If he did, that blog would have been much meaner. And while Gilbert should have cited his source as "seen on TV" at the least, this rant makes him more relatable & a better blogger. All he needs to do now is type it himself.