Re: Bird vs. Erving

[Jackson Ronald <rjackson@winnie.fit.edu>]

No to mine and probably everybody elses surprise you are right for once. I
guess there is always a first time for everything! Ron

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, FRANK SINATRA: CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD wrote:

> Hey list,
> 	Am I bleeding green when I say to people that Bird is the greatest
> forward ever?  How can I get from people that Erving is the better?  Erving
> won one title, Bird three.  Erving won one NBA M.V.P. that I'm sure of, but
> he might have won two, but Bird won 3 anyway.  Plus, Bird is the only 
> forward ever not just to win 3 M.V.P.'s in a row, but three at all!  He's
> the greatest passing forward ever, one of the greatest rebounding forwards
> ever and maybe one of the greatest clutch performers ever...
> 
> I say Bird is better than Erving.  Am I wrong?
> 
> John
>