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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
2025	27	25.6 ↑	4.4 - 9.4 ↑	47.1 ↑	3.5 - 7.6 ↑	45.9 ↑	1.2 - 1.4 ↑	86.8 ↓	2.3 ↑	2.4 ↑	0.6 ↑	0.1 –	2.7 ↑	0.9 ↑	13.6 ↑
Career	200	17.6	2.5 - 6	41.9	2 - 5.1	40.1	0.5 - 0.5	90.5	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	0.5	7.5

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	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	642	67	81.2	15.4	91	4.2	29.2	48	9.4	36.3	1.27	0.5

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	642	1.2 88%	0.3 63%	1.5 84%	0.6	-0.3	0.3	0.6	-0.1	0.5	2	-1	1

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	63%	86
SQ	90.1	100
FTr	10.8%	10
3PAr	86.1%	99
ORB	0	47
cTOV	4.3%	97
Load	29.8	57
Creation	4	64
Portability	9.3	98
Passer Rating	24.8	35
CraftedOPM	0.4	77

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.5	16
raDTOV	0.3	77
DRB	-0.1	34
Rim Defense	-5.7	78
Rim Frequency	36.7	48
BLKpct	0.5	14
Versatility	43.3	45
rPF	0.4	39
CraftedDPM	-0.3	38

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 642 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Isaiah Joe	91
2	Miles McBride	91
3	Sam Hauser	90
4	Buddy Hield	87
5	Duncan Robinson	87
6	Luke Kennard	87
7	Tim Hardaway Jr.	87
8	Cameron Johnson	85
9	Grayson Allen	85
10	Svi Mykhailiuk	85

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	Player	Score
1	Duncan Robinson	89
2	Devin Booker	88
3	Christian Braun	87
4	Simone Fontecchio	87
5	Cameron Johnson	85
6	AJ Green	85
7	Jett Howard	85
8	Jaylen Wells	85
9	Jordan Clarkson	84
10	Julian Strawther	84

overall

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1	Duncan Robinson	88
2	Simone Fontecchio	86
3	Cameron Johnson	85
4	Isaiah Joe	85
5	Miles McBride	85
6	AJ Green	84
7	Sam Hauser	83
8	Corey Kispert	81
9	Grayson Allen	81
10	Klay Thompson	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.