RIP Tom Konchalski

[AlpharettaCuse]

Wasn’t sure if this was posted. RIP Glider. A great man, and a great scout.

The Last Handshake: Remembering Legendary New York Basketball Scout Tom Konchalski

Tom Konchalski’s basketball career began in the 1950s, and he touched the lives of countless big names in the sport, including players like Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Chris Mullin and coaches like Mike Krzyzewski.

www.forbes.com

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Wasn’t sure if this was posted. RIP Glider. A great man, and a great scout.

The Last Handshake: Remembering Legendary New York Basketball Scout Tom Konchalski

Tom Konchalski’s basketball career began in the 1950s, and he touched the lives of countless big names in the sport, including players like Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Chris Mullin and coaches like Mike Krzyzewski.

www.forbes.com

That's a great article. Here is a photo posted on twitter with Konchalski, Boeheim and Jim Hart of the City Rocks.

 

[hoopsupstate]

One of the nicest men I ever met. He used to come to Syracuse to scout during the Empire State games. I had a short conversation with him and the following year he comes up to me and called me by name. I was shocked. He loved to talk about players and their families. To this day he still used a typewriter to write his newsletters. RIP.

 

[RF2044]

Used to LOVE his recruiting newsletter back in the 80s.

RIP, Tom.

 

[sutomcat]

One of the nicest men I ever met. He used to come to Syracuse to scout during the Empire State games. I had a short conversation with him and the following year he comes up to me and called me by name. I was shocked. He loved to talk about players and their families. To this day he still used a typewriter to write his newsletters. RIP.

I met him at the Empire Games too. He sat down next to me one day (attendance was not good; kind of shocking with players like Pearl, Christian Laettner, Wendell Alexis, Kenny Anderson, etc, playing) and just started talking to me like I was an old friend.

Very very nice man. Big loss for the game of basketball.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Absolute legend, RIP