You're setting up a dichotomy between some parentless kid from the bottom rung of society and this. Plenty of gray area in between. I'm not trying to knock him as a parent, really not my place, but to say these guys wouldn't have made it without him is a stretch. Quantifying his value over replacement parent is not something that can be done, but yeah I think there are plenty of basketball dads out there that could have guided elite talent to elite levels.