A three time All-Star, Melchionni is one of only four players to win NBA and ABA championships.

Melchionni was a guard from Bishop Eustace Prep (in his hometown of Pennsauken Township, New Jersey).

[7] Immediately, Melchionni was a key reserve on what is, statistically speaking, the greatest 76ers team ever, the 1967 NBA champions led by Wilt Chamberlain, Luke Jackson, Hal Greer, Chet Walker, Billy Cunningham, and fellow Villanova alum Wali Jones.

[8] After another season in Philadelphia, Melchionni then played for the Trenton Colonials of the Eastern Professional Basketball League in 1968–1969.

With the Nets, he became a 3-time ABA All-Star, leading the league in assists multiple times and winning two more championships.

[10] In his Nets career, he played alongside Rick Barry and a young Julius Erving.

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.

His is one of only seven retired Nets jerseys, joining (#3) Dražen Petrović, (#5) Jason Kidd, (#15) Vince Carter, (#23) John Williamson, (#32) Julius Erving, and (#52) Buck Williams[16] Melchionni was ranked #15 on a list of All-Time Nets players.