Darius Garland tired of sports bettors harassing him: ‘I don’t want to hear about your parlay’

March 25, 2025

Cleveland Cavaliers star Darius Garland is tired of NBA sports bettors harassing him.

Garland, one of the top guards in the NBA, has had fans complain to him in person and online.

“Yeah, man. A lot of stalkers, especially with the sports betting,” Garland told teammate Tristan Thompson for Cleveland Magazine. “During the game, I heard a guy say, ‘Bro, you’re screwing my parlay.’ I don’t want to hear about your parlay. Especially against Dallas, when I didn’t play a lot of minutes, so I got a lot of harsh words because I didn’t get to 20 points. If I went through my DMs right now, you’d see a lot of curse words. ‘You F’d up my parlay.'”

Thompson told Garland that he doesn’t have any sports bettors bothering him since he only averages 7.1 minutes per game.

Garland is averaging 20.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists for the Cavaliers this season while shooting 47.4% from the field, 40.4% from beyond the arc and 88.2% from the free-throw line. The Vanderbilt product made his second All-Star team.

Cleveland had the best record in the East. The team looks like a legitimate title contender with Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen leading the charge.

“You know, we’ve been in the playoffs for a couple years now, so the younger guys got a good feel for it,” Garlands said. “Got a good taste of it and know what the atmosphere and what the physicality and stuff like that throughout the game is going to be like. So just going in, just fully locked in on, like, details. I think that’s like the biggest thing for our group is just really honing in on all the details of the opponent that we’re going to be facing, learning everybody’s tendencies, knowing exactly what you want out of your matchup. How are you going to win your matchup for this playoff series? I think that’s what’s gonna get us over the top.

“We started the off regular season really great. Everybody’s been really riding our wagon for the regular season, and they really want to know what we gonna do in the postseason. So, we just got to keep riding.”