Sam Merrill

Sam Merrill

29-Year-Old GuardG
Cleveland Cavaliers
Out
Injury Neck
Est. Return 10/1/2025
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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#140
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$Signed a three-year, $5.01 million contract with the Cavaliers in March of 2023.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Sam Merrill was born on May 15, 1996 in Bountiful, Utah. The son of John and Jenny Merrill, Sam has one older sister, Molli. At Bountiful High School, Merrill was a three-year starter and a two-time All-State selection. As a sophomore, he averaged 6.5 points and 2.6 assists per game. As a junior, Merrill broke out with 18.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.4 assists, and 2.2 steals per contest. On his way to leading Bountiful to the Utah 4A state title, Merrill posted 15.8 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.6 rebounds per game as a senior. Merrill served a two-year LDS Church mission in Nicaragua from 2014 to 2016. He turned down offers from Stanford and Princeton to attend Utah State University. Merrill graduated with a degree in business administration. Fans can follow the Utah State product on Twitter @smerrill05. Prior to his freshman year at Utah State, Merrill completed a two-year Latter-Day Saints mission to Nicaragua. When he returned to school, Merrill averaged 9.4 points per game as a freshman. As a sophomore, Merrill improved his scoring average to 16.3 points per game and was named to the All-Mountain West Third Team. Merrill averaged 20.9 points per game as a junior, adding 4.2 assists and 3.9 rebounds. He led Utah State to the Mountain West Tournament title and was named the Mountain West Player of the Year, as well as the Mountain West Tournament MVP. Merrill captured both awards a second time as a senior, while also eclipsing the 2,000-point mark for his career. Merrill left school as Utah State's third-leading scorer.

Late scratch Tuesday
GCleveland Cavaliers
Neck
May 13, 2025
Merrill (neck) has been ruled out for Tuesday's Game 5 against the Pacers, Chris Fedor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
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Merrill was a late addition to the injury report and will miss Game 5 due to a neck strain. The 28-year-old had played in all eight of Cleveland's playoff games prior to this, making three starts and averaging 5.8 points on 37.5 percent shooting. Merrill's absence puts a greater emphasis on Ty Jerome, De'Andre Hunter and Isaac Okoro to produce off the bench.
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How does Sam Merrill compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
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  • Effective Field Goal %
    A statistic that adjusts field goal percentage to account for the fact that three-point field goals count for three points while field goals only count for two points.
  • 3-Point Attempt Rate
    Percentage of field goal attempts from three point range.
  • Free Throw Rate
    Number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt.
  • Offensive Rebound %
    An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
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  • Total Rebound %
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  • Assist %
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True Shooting %
58.3%
 
Effective Field Goal %
56.7%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
86.8%
 
Free Throw Rate
6.8%
 
Offensive Rebound %
3.0%
 
Defensive Rebound %
9.0%
 
Total Rebound %
6.1%
 
Assist %
9.6%
 
Steal %
1.6%
 
Block %
0.9%
 
Turnover %
6.0%
 
Usage %
14.3%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
14.4
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.7
 
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Sliding back to bench Tuesday
GCleveland Cavaliers
May 6, 2025
Merrill won't start in Tuesday's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pacers, Serena Winters of FanDuel Sports Network Ohio reports.
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Lands three triples in spot start
GCleveland Cavaliers
April 28, 2025
Merrill recorded nine points (3-7 FG, 3-7 3Pt), one rebound, one assist and one steal in 19 minutes during Monday's 138-83 victory over the Heat in Game 4 of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
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Getting starting nod
GCleveland Cavaliers
April 26, 2025
Merrill is in the starting five for Saturday's Game 3 against the Heat.
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Available to play
GCleveland Cavaliers
April 15, 2025
Merrill, who missed Sunday's regular-season finale against the Pacers for rest, is expected to be ready for the start of the postseason Sunday.
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Resting in season finale
GCleveland Cavaliers
Rest
April 12, 2025
Merrill (rest) is out for Sunday's game against the Pacers.
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Cavs could lose him
GCleveland Cavaliers
May 25, 2025
The Cavaliers could lose Merrill in free agency, Ashish Mathur of HoopsWire.com speculates.
ANALYSIS
Merrill is slated to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, though Cleveland does hold his full Bird rights after he spent the past three seasons with the team. With the Cavaliers over the second apron, he could depart in free agency. The sharpshooter has been a valuable member of the club's second unit over the past two years, during which he averaged 7.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.1 three-pointers and 1.6 assists across 18.6 minutes per game in 132 regular-season appearances.
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