in football can essentially single-handedly carry a team. A QB gets the closest, but football is way more team oriented than basketball. Look at how the Cavs did before and after Lebron left both times that he played for the Cavs as an example of what one elite player can do for a basketball team.

I’m not sure how you analyze that from a program financial perspective, but the money goes way further with an elite basketball player and that should be factored into the equation