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Sam Merrill

Cleveland Cavaliers

Birthdate:

5/15/1996 (29)

Position:

SG

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

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Height:

6'3.5"

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
2025	42	25.9 ↑	4.2 - 9 ↑	47.0 ↑	3.2 - 7.2 ↑	44.5 ↑	1 - 1.2 ↑	84.0 ↓	2.4 ↑	2.3 ↑	0.6 ↑	0.1 –	2.5 ↑	0.9 ↑	12.7 ↑
Career	215	18.2	2.6 - 6.1	42.4	2.1 - 5.2	40.2	0.5 - 0.5	88.9	2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	0.5	7.7

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
2025	1056	66.2	79.8	12.9	88.5	3.8	28.1	48	9.5	30.6	2	0.6

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
2025	1056	1.2 89%	0.2 61%	1.4 83%	0.6	-0.3	0.3	0.9	-0.1	0.7	1.4	-1.1	0.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	64.6%	91
SQ	88.7	100
FTr	11.5%	12
3PAr	82.4%	98
ORB	-0.4	36
cTOV	5%	95
Load	28.6	54
Creation	3.8	62
Portability	9.4	99
Passer Rating	37.5	57
CraftedOPM	0.8	83

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.6	18
raDTOV	0.6	89
DRB	-0.3	27
Rim Defense	-1.3	50
Rim Frequency	37.5	51
BLKpct	0.7	22
Versatility	35.2	37
rPF	0.9	24
CraftedDPM	0	50

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 1056 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Simone Fontecchio	87
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1	Duncan Robinson	87
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*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.