CLEVELAND — Inside Cent's Pizza on Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, a new guy was in the kitchen tossing the wood-fired pies on Monday evening. Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland traded in his jersey for an apron, as he made pizzas he met with fans and helped raise money for his Darius Garland Foundation.

Cent's Pizza, a Cleveland hot spot, created the Garland special, a pizza called the "Ten Fold."

"I got a pizza called Ten Fold. Pepperoni, sausage and peppers," Garland said. "It's super cool. I grew up on pizza, I still love pizza to this day, so having a pizza that I can create and that's at a pretty well-known spot is super cool."

It wasn't easy work for Garland at first, but the staff at Cent's helped Garland get a knack for pizza making.

"I was flipping the pizza dough a little

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