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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:

6'3.5"

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 ↑
Career	173	16.3	2.2 - 5.4	40.5	1.8 - 4.7	38.6	0.4 - 0.4	92.5	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	0.4	6.5

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	5.8	9.2	49	0.82	0.7
2025	1401	58.3	86.8	6.8	87.3	1.9	22.9	4.7	8.3	31.2	2.5	0.8

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 79%	0.8 76%	1.1 80%	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4	0.7	0.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	58.7%	69
SQ	87.8	99
FTr	6.9%	5
3PAr	87.6%	100
ORB	0.1	68
cTOV	4.7%	95
Load	24.7	43
Creation	2.4	49
Portability	8.5	93
Passer Rating	5	63
CraftedOPM	0.2	77

Stat	Value
Deflections	2.2	47
raDTOV	0.1	64
DRB	0.6	66
Rim Defense	-4.8	77
Rim Frequency	30.4	11
BLKpct	0.7	18
Versatility	35.6	38
rPF	0.2	45
CraftedDPM	0.4	67

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 1401 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Jae Crowder	91
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1	Isaiah Joe	87
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5	Desmond Bane	83
6	Sam Hauser	83
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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.