Sam Merrill

Cleveland Cavaliers

Position:

SG

Offensive Role:

Runaround Wing

Defensive Role:

Hidden

Height:

6'3.5"

Positional Size:

C-

Weight:

205

Wingspan:

6'5"

Age:

28

Hometown:

Bountiful, UT

Sam Merrill Stats

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	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	13	19.6 ↑	2.2 - 5.4 ↑	41.4 ↑	1.8 - 4.8 ↑	38.1 ↓	0.5 - 0.5 ↑	100.0 ↑	1.6 –	1.5 ↑	0.6 ↑	0.2 ↑	1.9 ↑	0.5 ↑	6.8 ↑
Career	115	14.6	2.1 - 5.1	40.6	1.7 - 4.4	39.6	0.3 - 0.4	90.9	1.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	1	0.3	6.2

	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	255	60.6	90	8.6	71.2	1.8	21.6	5.3	6.8	49	0.24	0.1

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	255	-0.2 64%	-0.3 41%	-0.5 50%	-0.3	-0.4	-0.7	-1	-1	-2	-0.9	-0.1	-1

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	60.2%	77
SQ	81.2	97
FTr	7.8%	8
3PAr	90.1%	100
ORB	0.1	50
cTOV	3.9%	96
Load	26.3	56
Creation	2.9	59
Portability	8.1	93
Passer Rating	5.6	75
CraftedOPM	-0.2	67

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.4	18
raDTOV	-0.2	30
DRB	0.4	63
Rim Defense	-0.5	47
Rim Frequency	32.4	25
BLKpct	0.5	11
Versatility	49	51
rPF	0.1	49
CraftedDPM	-0.5	31

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 255 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	Isaiah Joe	91
2	Dalton Knecht	89
3	Cameron Johnson	87
4	Royce O'Neale	87
5	Lindy Waters III	87
6	Buddy Hield	86
7	Duncan Robinson	86
8	Payton Pritchard	86
9	Sam Hauser	86
10	Al Horford	85

defense

	Player	Score
1	Jalen Wilson	88
2	Julius Randle	88
3	Pascal Siakam	88
4	Pat Connaughton	88
5	Quentin Grimes	88
6	Terance Mann	87
7	Caleb Houstan	86
8	Danilo Gallinari	86
9	Simone Fontecchio	85
10	Tyler Herro	85

overall

	Player	Score
1	Cameron Johnson	86
2	Isaiah Joe	85
3	Duncan Robinson	84
4	Payton Pritchard	84
5	Tyler Herro	84
6	Dalton Knecht	84
7	Doug McDermott	83
8	Malik Beasley	83
9	Pat Connaughton	83
10	Buddy Hield	82

*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.