Half Dollar Bill Melchionni, 1971

[This is a brief article about guard Bill Melchionni, then tearing it up for the ABA New York Nets. Later, Melchionni would serve as the team’s general manager, as highlighted in our previous post about Super John Williamson. Melchionni was also known back then as “Half Dollar Bill,” a tongue-in-cheek play on the Knicks’ higher-profile Dollar Bill Bradl…