Darius Garland
What does Darius Garland actually supply on the floor?
Darius Garland's strongest evidenced functions are passing, creation, shooting; the weakest available areas are interior finishing, rim protection, rebounding. These are full-season values across multiple teams, so team-specific fit is withheld.
Function profile
2025-26 — eleven separate readings on a league scale. They are not additive.* limited evidence for that function. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. Use the separate function strengths to evaluate role and roster fit; do not treat them as one player-value score. POA or switch conclusions require lineup, matchup, and assignment evidence beyond this profile.
Season by season
Every governed season profile on record.| Season | Team | Role | Evidence | Creation | Rim pressure | Shooting | Passing | Screening | Interior finish | Point of attack | Switch coverage | Rim protection | Event creation | Rebounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | — | Primary starter | High evidence | 77 | 49 | 69 | 78 | — | 24 | — | — | 32 | 39 | 33 |
| 2024-25 | CLE | — | High evidence | 80 | 52 | 70 | 81 | — | 24 | 40 | 44 | 39 | 54 | 45 |
| 2023-24 | CLE | — | High evidence | 75 | 46 | 60 | 75 | — | 22 | 51 | 54 | 33 | 60 | 38 |
| 2022-23 | CLE | — | High evidence | 77 | 51 | 75 | 80 | 44 | 46 | 56 | 56 | 33 | 58 | 29 |
| 2021-22 | CLE | — | High evidence | 79 | 52 | 65 | 80 | — | 32 | 58 | 56 | 29 | 58 | 42 |
| 2020-21 | CLE | — | Mixed coverage | 73 | 50 | 61 | 75 | — | 30 | 36 | 40 | 35 | 56 | 36 |
| 2019-20 | CLE | — | High evidence | 66 | 40 | 56 | 65 | — | 36 | — | — | 28 | 28 | 35 |
What teams depended on him for
Seasons where a team's situation report named him a dependency case.LAC did not have enough reliable function-loss evidence to judge dependence on Darius Garland.
Replacement evidence
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · Kobe Sanders
shrunk net 4.3140 over 152 possessions
on floor 1023 possessions · off floor 6072 possessions
CLE did not have enough reliable function-loss evidence to judge dependence on Darius Garland.
Replacement evidence
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley
shrunk net 6.2820 over 374 possessions
on floor 1497 possessions · off floor 7435 possessions
CLE had a supported lineup path without Darius Garland: [Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, Donovan Mitchell, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley] at 8.6 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 162 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.
Replacement evidence
Caris LeVert · Georges Niang · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley
shrunk net 8.5680 over 162 possessions
on floor 4494 possessions · off floor 3532 possessions
CLE had a supported lineup path without Darius Garland: [Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Max Strus, Dean Wade, Isaac Okoro] at 11.1 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 456 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.
Replacement evidence
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Max Strus · Dean Wade · Isaac Okoro
shrunk net 11.1050 over 456 possessions
on floor 4137 possessions · off floor 3895 possessions
CLE did not have a sufficiently supported observed replacement lineup for Darius Garland. The database keeps the functional-loss evidence but does not invent a replacement plan.
Replacement evidence
No replacement lineup is supported by the available evidence.
on floor 4687 possessions · off floor 2699 possessions
CLE did not have a sufficiently supported observed replacement lineup for Darius Garland. The database keeps the functional-loss evidence but does not invent a replacement plan.
Replacement evidence
No replacement lineup is supported by the available evidence.
on floor 4534 possessions · off floor 2649 possessions
CLE did not have enough reliable function-loss evidence to judge dependence on Darius Garland.
Replacement evidence
No replacement lineup is supported by the available evidence.
on floor 3179 possessions · off floor 2981 possessions
CLE did not have a sufficiently supported observed replacement lineup for Darius Garland. The database keeps the functional-loss evidence but does not invent a replacement plan.
Replacement evidence
No replacement lineup is supported by the available evidence.
on floor 3292 possessions · off floor 2293 possessions
Known contract calendar
Governed contract events naming this player — dates carry their honest quality.Darius Garland has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. No extension-review trigger is applied yet.
Function scores, roles, dependence records and contract events are separate evidence. No combined player value, trade value or ranking is computed from them, and none of them is a causal impact claim.