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Sam Merrill

Cleveland Cavaliers

Birthdate:

5/15/1996 (29)

Position:

SG

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

On-Ball Guard

Height:

6'4"

Weight:

205

Wingspan:

6'5"

Positional Size:

C

Hometown:

Bountiful, UT

Sam Merrill Stats

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Season	GP	MPG	FGM - FGA	FG%	3PM - 3PA	3P%	FTM - FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2024	61	17.5	2.6 - 6.4	40.2	2.3 - 5.8	40.4	0.4 - 0.5	92.9	2	1.8	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.3	8
2025	71	19.7	2.4 - 6	40.6	1.9 - 5.2	37.2	0.4 - 0.4	96.6	2.2	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.7	0.5	7.2
2026	12	25.9 ↑	4.5 - 9.7 ↑	46.6 ↑	3.7 - 8.3 ↑	44.4 ↑	1.3 - 1.3 ↑	93.8 ↑	2.1 ↑	2.3 ↑	0.5 –	0.3 ↑	2.9 ↑	0.8 ↑	13.9 ↑
Career	185	16.9	2.3 - 5.7	41.2	1.9 - 4.9	39.3	0.4 - 0.4	92.8	1.9	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.4	0.4	7

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2024	1069	59.8	90.1	7.1	89.3	3.8	30.2	58	9.2	49	0.82	0.7
2025	1401	58.3	86.8	6.8	87.3	1.9	22.9	47	8.3	31	2.5	0.8
2026	311	67.9	85.3	13.8	90.8	4	28.8	45	9.4	22.4	0.51	0.3

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2024	1069	-0.2	-0.7	-0.8	-0.6	-0.4	-1	-1	-1	-2	1.3	-0.8	0.5
2025	1401	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4	0.7	0.3
2026	311	0.7 84%	0.1 61%	0.8 77%	0.5	-0.3	0.2	0.1	0	0.2	2.6	-1	1.6

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	62.6%	88
SQ	88.9	100
FTr	10%	11
3PAr	86.1%	99
ORB	-0.7	36
cTOV	5.2%	91
Load	25.6	47
Creation	2.8	53
Portability	8.8	96
Passer Rating	46.1	56
CraftedOPM	0.5	81

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.7	37
raDTOV	0.8	94
DRB	-0.4	29
Rim Defense	-6.4	78
Rim Frequency	38.1	64
BLKpct	0.9	30
Versatility	26	33
rPF	0.8	24
CraftedDPM	0.5	69

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 311 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Duncan Robinson	94
2	Isaiah Joe	92
3	Sam Hauser	89
4	AJ Green	88
5	Harrison Barnes	88
6	Royce O'Neale	88
7	Tim Hardaway Jr.	88
8	Grayson Allen	87
9	Luke Kennard	86
10	Devin Vassell	85

defense

	Player	Score
1	Ajay Mitchell	86
2	Luguentz Dort	85
3	Isaac Okoro	84
4	Davion Mitchell	84
5	Terrence Shannon Jr.	84
6	Andrew Nembhard	84
7	Tony Bradley	84
8	AJ Green	83
9	Dalen Terry	83
10	Mikal Bridges	83

overall

	Player	Score
1	Duncan Robinson	88
2	AJ Green	87
3	Mikal Bridges	84
4	Royce O'Neale	84
5	Miles McBride	83
6	Isaiah Joe	82
7	Luguentz Dort	82
8	Vít Krejčí	82
9	Bogdan Bogdanović	82
10	Cameron Johnson	81

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.