Bill Melchionni, three-time ABA All-Star with the Nets, joins Ray to talk about Bill’s career from Villanova and across the NBA and ABA professionally. They discuss the 1973-1974 Nets, the youngest ABA title team, and the similarities between that team and the young title-winning Oklahoma City Thunder squad from last season. They talk about the history of the ABA and what it was like to be teammates with Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, Billy Cunningham, John Williamson, and others, as well as Melchionni’s front office experience and other anecdotes from his time in basketball.
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