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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	44	26 ↑	4.3 - 9.2 ↑	46.9 ↑	3.2 - 7.2 ↑	44.2 ↑	1 - 1.2 ↑	84.6 ↓	2.4 ↑	2.3 ↑	0.6 ↑	0.2 ↑	2.5 ↑	0.8 ↑	12.8 ↑
Career	217	18.3	2.6 - 6.2	42.5	2.1 - 5.2	40.2	0.5 - 0.5	89.1	2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	0.5	7.8

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	1145	66	78.7	12.9	89.2	3.7	27.9	47	9.4	37.4	2.25	0.7

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	1145	1.2 88%	0.3 62%	1.5 84%	0.6	-0.3	0.3	0.9	-0.1	0.8	1.4	-1	0.5

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	64.5%	92
SQ	89.2	99
FTr	11.5%	11
3PAr	81.6%	98
ORB	-0.4	35
cTOV	4.8%	97
Load	28.5	53
Creation	3.7	61
Portability	9.4	99
Passer Rating	36.7	55
CraftedOPM	0.8	84

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.6	17
raDTOV	0.6	88
DRB	-0.3	26
Rim Defense	-0.1	39
Rim Frequency	37.5	51
BLKpct	0.7	22
Versatility	40.3	42
rPF	0.9	25
CraftedDPM	0	52

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 1145 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

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1	Duncan Robinson	92
2	Isaiah Joe	90
3	Luke Kennard	90
4	Sam Hauser	90
5	Miles McBride	89
6	Svi Mykhailiuk	88
7	Devin Vassell	86
8	Cameron Johnson	85
9	Donte DiVincenzo	85
10	Al Horford	85

defense

	Player	Score
1	Garrison Mathews	88
2	AJ Green	87
3	Julian Strawther	85
4	Simone Fontecchio	85
5	Cameron Johnson	84
6	Terrence Shannon Jr.	84
7	Liam McNeeley	84
8	Bones Hyland	83
9	Dillon Brooks	83
10	Andre Jackson Jr.	83

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	Player	Score
1	AJ Green	86
2	Duncan Robinson	86
3	Cameron Johnson	85
4	Isaiah Joe	85
5	Miles McBride	84
6	Simone Fontecchio	83
7	Landry Shamet	82
8	Sam Hauser	82
9	Donte DiVincenzo	81
10	Bogdan Bogdanović	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.