Sam Merrill

CLE

Position:

SG

Offensive Role:

Runaround Wing

Defensive Role:

On-Ball Guard

Height:

6'3.5"

Positional Size:

C

Weight:

205

Wingspan:

6'5"

Age:

29

Hometown:

Bountiful, UT

Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Plus Minus

	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
2024	52	26.5	4.3 - 9.3	0.461	3 - 7.2	0.421	1.1 - 1.3	0.855	2.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	2.4	0.8	12.8
Career	225	18.7	2.7 - 6.3	0.424	2.1 - 5.3	0.397	0.5 - 0.6	0.89	2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.5	0.5	8

	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2024	59.8	90.1	7.1	89.3	3.8	30.2	58	9.2	49	0.82	0.7
2025	58.3	86.8	6.8	87.3	1.9	22.9	47	8.3	31	2.5	0.8
2024	64.4	77.5	14.3	86	3.7	28.3	49	9.4	31.7	2.54	0.7

Season	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2024	-0.2	-0.7	-0.8	-0.6	-0.4	-1	-1	-1	-2	1.3	-0.8	0.5
2025	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4	0.7	0.3
2024	1.2 87%	0.1 58%	1.3 81%	0.6	-0.3	0.3	0.6	-0.6	0	1	-1	0.1

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	64.4%	89
SQ	86	99
FTr	14.3%	21
3PAr	77.5%	97
ORB	2.6	27
cTOV	5.3%	92
Load	28.3	51
Creation	3.7	61
Portability	9.4	98
Passer Rating	49	60
CraftedOPM	1.2	88

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.7	21
raDTOV	0.8	94
DRB	23	23
Rim Defense	3	24
Rim Frequency	38.1	56
BLKpct	0.8	30
Versatility	31.7	37
rPF	1.3	18
CraftedDPM	0.1	56

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*based on 1377 minutes played during the 2023-24 season and compared to all other players who played > 100 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Joe	92
2	Cameron Johnson	90
3	Miles McBride	90
4	Luke Kennard	89
5	AJ Green	88
6	Svi Mykhailiuk	88
7	Simone Fontecchio	88
8	Harrison Barnes	87
9	Sam Hauser	87
10	Max Strus	87

defense

	Player	Score
1	Davion Mitchell	87
2	AJ Green	85
3	Dejounte Murray	85
4	Johnny Furphy	84
5	Bogdan Bogdanović	83
6	Andrew Nembhard	83
7	Jaden Hardy	83
8	Desmond Bane	83
9	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	83
10	Domantas Sabonis	82

overall

	Player	Score
1	AJ Green	86
2	Cameron Johnson	85
3	Duncan Robinson	85
4	Isaiah Joe	83
5	Miles McBride	83
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	83
7	Simone Fontecchio	82
8	Immanuel Quickley	81
9	Luke Kennard	81
10	Payton Pritchard	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.