guess after basic research: i have greatly underestimated the numbers, but also cannot find a single source to give a hard number that isn't
1: citing a claim with no source
2: conflating basketball 'equipment' with basketballs
3: an AI generated article
i also cannot get any verification an alleged claim that 450 million people play basketball worldwide, so who knows?
let's say 10 million and do our best to share!
