Suns guard Landry Shamet doesn't care about your parlays so leave him alone

Bettors need to stay out of the mentions.

As the popularity of online sports betting increases, so too will the inevitable clash between the fans who do too much and the athletes who make themselves available on social media – which is basically all of them.

We’ve seen it with fantasy football, where real-life players are bombarded with questions about their statuses before games or poor performances after games by the digital warriors seeking their own league supremacy. 

Now, those gripes are coming from the sports betting community, too, with bettors wondering why players didn’t come through on whatever prop they may have added to a parlay.

Phoenix Suns guard Landry Shamet is over it, and this Twitter user captured a screenshot of his request on an Instagram story to be left alone.

The thing is, Shamet is a role player. He comes off the bench and is just seventh on his own team in minutes. If his mentions are being bombarded, you can only imagine what some of the bigger stars of the NBA deal with.

Shamet was clearly having fun with it, but a glance at the replies to the post makes his point quite clear.

This next one is a double-whammy. The thumbs up for a pedestrian performance. Then a kick while he’s down as a reply to the attaboy.

It’s easy to see how such tags on social media can get a little annoying. Those people should stop. Unfortunately, this is likely just the world we live in now.

It certainly doesn’t help that he’s having a brutal season so far. To this point, he’s averaging career-lows of 7.8 points on 36.5% shooting. He’s shot under 40% from the field in each of his last five games. 

Shamet will have a chance to get back on track tonight when his Suns host the Washington Wizards. Shamet has over/unders of 9.5 points, 1.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 3-pointers on Tipico Sportsbook.

Then again, if he starts hitting over more often, under bettors may have something to say.