I *do* believe in Tom Konchalski!

I do! I do! I DO!
Here is a repeat of a post from 2 years and 5 days ago that I included in a thread started by Bayhawk titled "Graham is clutch! nfm."
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Back on the old board I posted an article about Tom Konchalski. I can't find the exact article today, but here is what I can find and what I remember.

On Tom Konchalski and High School Basketball Illustrated:
A player who receives a five-star rating in HSBI is projected to be “a major contributor” by his sophomore season for “the average nationally ranked [Division I] team”; a player given one star will be the same for “middle-of-the-road Division III programs.” More often than not—much more often than not—Konchalski’s projections pan out. “If Tom says a kid’s going to be a star, you can mark it down,” says Howard Garfinkel, a co-founder of the famed Five-Star Basketball camps. “He’s a very keen judge of talent.”
nymag.com/news/sports/66474/

A “5+” player is the highest rating HSBI gives. Think Kyrie Irving.

Tom rated Graham a 5, according to Graham's coach at Brewster Academy.

I'm not at all surprised at Devonté's progress, and am in fact very glad to see that he is a little ahead of schedule!
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Back in 2013 about 220 college coaches paid $400 a year to subscribe to HSBI, a 16 issues a year, hardcopy-only publication. I do not know if Self & Co are subscribers, but clearly Devonté's prep school coach was, and our "baby-faced assassin" has more than lived up to Tom Konchalksi's expectations.

For more on Tom, here's another article from 2013:
NY Times: Basketball Prospector ,
and one from just 5 months ago:
AllThingsHoops.com: Tom Konchalski: The Most Important HS Basketball Scout in the Country

Enjoy!