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summary">Bill Melchionni</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-10-19</span>) </span>October 19, 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">165 lb (75 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Eustace_Preparatory_School" title="Bishop Eustace Preparatory School">Bishop Eustace Prep</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Pennsauken_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Pennsauken Township, New Jersey">Pennsauken Township, New Jersey</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Villanova</a> (1963–1966)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_draft" title="1966 NBA draft">1966</a>: 2nd round, 19th overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1966–1976</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">Point guard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">28, 3, 25</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_NBA_season" title="1966–67 NBA season">1966</a>–<a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NBA_season" title="1967–68 NBA season">1968</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NBA_season" title="1968–69 NBA season">1968</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1970</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Trenton Colonials</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_ABA_season" title="1969–70 ABA season">1969</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/ABA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA champion">ABA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_ABA_Playoffs" title="1974 ABA Playoffs">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_ABA_Playoffs" title="1976 ABA Playoffs">1976</a>)</li> <li>3× ABA All-Star (<a href="/wiki/1971_ABA_All-Star_Game" title="1971 ABA All-Star Game">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/1973_ABA_All-Star_Game" title="1973 ABA All-Star Game">1973</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association#Assists_leaders" title="American Basketball Association">ABA assists leader</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_ABA_season" title="1970–71 ABA season">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-ABA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-ABA First Team">All-ABA First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1972</a>)</li> <li>No. 25 <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets#Retired_numbers" title="Brooklyn Nets">retired by Brooklyn Nets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_V._Geasey_Trophy" title="Robert V. Geasey Trophy">Robert V. Geasey Trophy</a> winner (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Invitation_Tournament" title="National Invitation Tournament">NIT</a> MVP (<a href="/wiki/1966_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1966 National Invitation Tournament">1966</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA and ABA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">6,870 (10.6 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">1,284 (2.0 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">3,247 (5.0 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/77576">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332272#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/melchbi01.html">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Reference">Basketball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332272#P2685" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William P. Melchionni</b> (born October 19, 1944) is an American former <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) and <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA) player. A three time All-Star, Melchionni is one of only four players to win NBA and ABA championships. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Melchionni was a guard from <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Eustace_Preparatory_School" title="Bishop Eustace Preparatory School">Bishop Eustace Prep</a> (in his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Pennsauken_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Pennsauken Township, New Jersey">Pennsauken Township, New Jersey</a>). His teams won two state championships.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Melchionni was a collegiate star in the mid-1960s at <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Villanova University</a> and was the Most Valuable Player in the 1966 <a href="/wiki/National_Invitation_Tournament" title="National Invitation Tournament">NIT</a>, as Villanova finished in third place in the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Melchionni averaged 27.6 points as a senior at Villanova, as the team finished 18–11. As a junior, in 1964–1965, he averaged 19.4 points for the 23-5 Wildcats, who ended up #8 in the national rankings. In the 1966 season, the Wildcats won 9 of their last 10 games, finishing 3rd in the <a href="/wiki/1966_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="1966 National Invitation Tournament">1966 National Invitation Tournament</a>, with Melchionni chosen as Tournament MVP. Melchionni scored 1,612 points during his career at Villanova.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Melchionni graduated in 1966 from Villanova with a B.S. Degree in economics.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon graduation from Villanova, Melchionni was a 2nd-round (19th) overall pick by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_draft" title="1966 NBA draft">1966 NBA draft</a>. Melchionni joined the <a href="/wiki/Phillips_66ers" title="Phillips 66ers">Phillips 66ers</a> AAU Elite team before returning to his hometown to join the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> in 1966–1967.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Immediately, Melchionni was a key reserve on what is, statistically speaking, the greatest 76ers team ever, the 1967 NBA champions led by <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucious_Jackson" title="Lucious Jackson">Luke Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Hal Greer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Chet Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a>, and fellow Villanova alum <a href="/wiki/Wali_Jones" title="Wali Jones">Wali Jones</a>. The team was coached by another AAU Elite alum, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Alex Hannum</a>. Melchionni played in 71 games, averaging 4.3 points and 1.3 assists for the championship 76ers.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After another season in Philadelphia, Melchionni then played for the Trenton Colonials of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Professional_Basketball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Professional Basketball League">Eastern Professional Basketball League</a> in 1968–1969.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969–1970, Melchionni found a home in the upstart ABA, joining the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a>. With the Nets, he became a 3-time ABA All-Star, leading the league in assists multiple times and winning two more championships. In 1969–1970, he averaged 15.2 points and 5.7 assists; in 1970–1971: 17.6 points and 8.3 assists (leading the ABA); in 1971–1972: 21.0 points and 8.4 assists (leading the ABA); and in 1972–1973 12.3 points and 7.4 assists.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971–1972, Melchionni suffered a broken hand.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his Nets career, he played alongside <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> and a young <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>. After the Nets drafted future ABA All-Star <a href="/wiki/Brian_Taylor_(basketball)" title="Brian Taylor (basketball)">Brian Taylor</a> in 1972, Melchionni became a key reserve player on the 1974 and 1976 ABA championship teams.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He averaged 12.4 points and 6.1 assists in seven seasons with the Nets. In his entire career, Melchionni averaged 10.6 points and 5.0 assists in 646 games.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of his career, Melchionni said, "With Julius, we won two ABA titles. To be able to say I played with and won championships with Wilt and Julius, arguably two of the top 10 players in basketball history, means something special to me."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-playing_career">Post-playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Melchionni became the general manager of the Nets for two years after retiring as a player. Due to financial constraints on the Nets, he was forced to sell Erving to the 76ers to fund the Nets fee for joining the NBA in the <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA-NBA merger</a>. He resigned from the Nets on March 15, 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melchionni worked at Salomon Brothers Investment Bank after leaving the Nets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_personal_life">Awards and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Melchionni played in three ABA All-Star Games, and was named to the All-ABA First Team in 1972. Melchionni led the ABA in assists per game in 1971, 1972, and 1973. </p><p>In 1995, Melchionni's number 25 jersey was retired by <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Villanova</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The New Jersey Nets retired Melchionni's number 25. His is only one of six retired Nets jerseys, joining (#3) <a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Dražen Petrović</a>, (#5) <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a>, (#23) <a href="/wiki/John_Williamson_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="John Williamson (basketball, born 1951)">John Williamson</a>, (#32) Julius Erving, and (#52) <a href="/wiki/Buck_Williams" title="Buck Williams">Buck Williams</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Melchionni was ranked #15 on a list of All-Time Nets players.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Melchionni's brother <a href="/wiki/Gary_Melchionni" title="Gary Melchionni">Gary</a> was a two-year captain for <a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball" title="Duke Blue Devils men's basketball">Duke</a> and was an All-ACC performer. Gary's son and Bill's nephew, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Melchionni" title="Lee Melchionni">Lee Melchionni</a>, played for Duke from 2002 to 2006. Bill's brother Bob followed Bill at Villanova and played from 1966 through 1969. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#afe6fa; width:3em;">† </td> <td>Denotes seasons in which Brown's team won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABA_champions" title="List of ABA champions">ABA championship</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA/ABA"><span id="NBA.2FABA"></span>NBA/ABA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: NBA/ABA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source<sup id="cite_ref-bbr_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbr-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>GP </th> <th>MPG </th> <th>FG% </th> <th>3P% </th> <th>FT% </th> <th>RPG </th> <th>APG </th> <th>SPG </th> <th>BPG </th> <th>PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_NBA_season" title="1966–67 NBA season">1966–67</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>73</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>.391</td> <td></td> <td>.650</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NBA_season" title="1967–68 NBA season">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1967–68 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>71</td> <td>10.7</td> <td>.435</td> <td></td> <td>.702</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_ABA_season" title="1969–70 ABA season">1969–70</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_New_York_Nets_season" title="1969–70 New York Nets season">N.Y. Nets</a> (ABA) </td> <td>80</td> <td>39.5</td> <td>.465</td> <td>.179</td> <td>.820</td> <td>2.9</td> <td>5.7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>15.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_ABA_season" title="1970–71 ABA season">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_New_York_Nets_season" title="1970–71 New York Nets season">N.Y. Nets</a> (ABA) </td> <td><b>81</b></td> <td>40.5</td> <td>.451</td> <td>.091</td> <td>.814</td> <td>2.9</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">8.3*</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>17.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_New_York_Nets_season" title="1971–72 New York Nets season">N.Y. Nets</a> (ABA) </td> <td>80</td> <td><b>41.6</b></td> <td><b>.499</b></td> <td>.105</td> <td>.808</td> <td><b>3.1</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>8.4</b>*</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><b>21.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_New_York_Nets_season" title="1972–73 New York Nets season">N.Y. Nets</a> (ABA) </td> <td>61</td> <td>30.3</td> <td>.450</td> <td><b>.400</b></td> <td>.840</td> <td>2.1</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">7.4*</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1973–74</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_York_Nets_season" title="1973–74 New York Nets season">N.Y. Nets</a> (ABA) </td> <td>56</td> <td>20.5</td> <td>.420</td> <td>.217</td> <td>.831</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>3.7</td> <td><b>.9</b></td> <td><b>.1</b></td> <td>5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_ABA_season" title="1974–75 ABA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_New_York_Nets_season" title="1974–75 New York Nets season">N.Y. Nets</a> (ABA) </td> <td>77</td> <td>18.0</td> <td>.487</td> <td>.296</td> <td>.795</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>4.2</td> <td><b>.9</b></td> <td><b>.1</b></td> <td>6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_New_York_Nets_season" title="1975–76 New York Nets season">N.Y. Nets</a> (ABA) </td> <td>67</td> <td>17.8</td> <td>.416</td> <td>.391</td> <td><b>.849</b></td> <td>1.3</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>.8</td> <td><b>.1</b></td> <td>5.8 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career (NBA) </td> <td>144</td> <td>10.1</td> <td>.412</td> <td></td> <td>.673</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>1.4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4.4 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career (ABA) </td> <td>502</td> <td>30.6</td> <td>.465</td> <td>.236</td> <td>.819</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.1</td> <td>12.4 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career (overall) </td> <td>646</td> <td>26.0</td> <td>.459</td> <td>.236</td> <td>.809</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.1</td> <td>10.6 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star (ABA) </td> <td>3</td> <td>22.0</td> <td>.400</td> <td>–</td> <td>.833</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.0</td> <td>7.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Melchionni&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>GP </th> <th>MPG </th> <th>FG% </th> <th>3P% </th> <th>FT% </th> <th>RPG </th> <th>APG </th> <th>SPG </th> <th>BPG </th> <th>PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_playoffs" title="1967 NBA playoffs">1967</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>.000</td> <td></td> <td>.000</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_playoffs" title="1968 NBA playoffs">1968</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1967–68 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>.333</td> <td></td> <td>.500</td> <td>.4</td> <td>1.1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 ABA playoffs">1970</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_New_York_Nets_season" title="1969–70 New York Nets season">New York</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td><b>45.1</b></td> <td>.462</td> <td><b>.333</b></td> <td>.816</td> <td><b>3.1</b></td> <td>4.7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>18.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 ABA playoffs">1971</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_New_York_Nets_season" title="1970–71 New York Nets season">New York</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>41.0</td> <td>.537</td> <td>–</td> <td>.923</td> <td>1.4</td> <td><b>8.2</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><b>22.4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 ABA playoffs">1972</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_New_York_Nets_season" title="1971–72 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td>34.2</td> <td>.401</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.804</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>6.3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>14.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 ABA playoffs">1973</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_New_York_Nets_season" title="1972–73 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td>5</td> <td>34.8</td> <td><b>.558</b></td> <td><b>.333</b></td> <td>.810</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>6.2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>13.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_playoffs" title="1974 NBA playoffs">1974</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_York_Nets_season" title="1973–74 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td>6</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>.500</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>.2</td> <td>.0</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 ABA playoffs">1975</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_New_York_Nets_season" title="1974–75 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td>5</td> <td>21.6</td> <td>.359</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.714</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>.2</td> <td><b>.2</b></td> <td>6.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1976_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 ABA playoffs">1976</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_York_Nets_season" title="1973–74 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td>6</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td><b>.3</b></td> <td>.0</td> <td>1.7 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career (NBA) </td> <td>10</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>.308</td> <td></td> <td>.333</td> <td>.7</td> <td>1.1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1.8 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career (ABA) </td> <td>45</td> <td>28.3</td> <td>.451</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.831</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>.2</td> <td>.1</td> <td>11.7 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career (overall) </td> <td>55</td> <td>24.2</td> <td>.443</td> 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Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Durrett" title="Ken Durrett">Durrett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Porter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Durrett" title="Ken Durrett">Durrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Durrett" title="Ken Durrett">Durrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Corky_Calhoun" title="Corky Calhoun">Calhoun</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Ford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ingelsby" title="Tom Ingelsby">Ingelsby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Haigler" title="Ron Haigler">Haigler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Haigler" title="Ron Haigler">Haigler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlie_Wise_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlie Wise (basketball) (page does not exist)">Wise</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Keven_McDonald" title="Keven McDonald">McDonald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brooks_(basketball)" title="Michael Brooks (basketball)">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Price_(basketball)" title="Tony Price (basketball)">Price</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rick_Reed_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rick Reed (basketball) (page does not exist)">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brooks_(basketball)" title="Michael Brooks (basketball)">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">Pinone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeffery_Clark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeffery Clark (page does not exist)">Clark</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">Pinone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/John_Pinone" title="John Pinone">Pinone</a> & <a href="/wiki/Terence_Stansbury" title="Terence Stansbury">Stansbury</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Lewis_(basketball)" title="Ralph Lewis (basketball)">Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Pinckney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pressley" title="Harold Pressley">Pressley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Nate_Blackwell" title="Nate Blackwell">Blackwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Simmons" title="Lionel Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Macon" title="Mark Macon">Macon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Woods" title="Randy Woods">Woods</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_McKie" title="Aaron McKie">McKie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jones_(basketball)" title="Eddie Jones (basketball)">E. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kittles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Kittles" title="Kerry Kittles">Kittles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Rashid_Atkins" title="Rashid Atkins">R. Bey</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Williams" title="Alvin Williams">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Rashid_Atkins" title="Rashid Atkins">R. Bey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Ignacio_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Juan Ignacio Sánchez">Sánchez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Ignacio_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Juan Ignacio Sánchez">Sánchez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bradley_(basketball)" title="Michael Bradley (basketball)">Bradley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Marvin_O%27Connor_(basketball)" title="Marvin O'Connor (basketball)">O'Connor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Greer" title="Lynn Greer">Greer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Jameer_Nelson" title="Jameer Nelson">Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Jameer_Nelson" title="Jameer Nelson">Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll_(basketball)" title="Pat Carroll (basketball)">Carroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Foye" title="Randy Foye">Foye</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Jaaber" title="Ibrahim Jaaber">Jaaber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Calathes" title="Pat Calathes">Calathes</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mark_Tyndale" title="Mark Tyndale">Tyndale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Nivins" title="Ahmad Nivins">Nivins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Reynolds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Lavoy_Allen" title="Lavoy Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Zack_Rosen" title="Zack Rosen">Rosen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Khalif_Wyatt" title="Khalif Wyatt">Wyatt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/James_Bell_(basketball)" title="James Bell (basketball)">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Darrun_Hilliard" title="Darrun Hilliard">Hilliard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/DeAndre%27_Bembry" title="DeAndre' Bembry">Bembry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hart" title="Josh Hart">Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Brunson" title="Jalen Brunson">Brunson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Booth_(basketball)" title="Phil Booth (basketball)">Booth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Saddiq_Bey" title="Saddiq Bey">S. 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