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Sam Merrill

Sam Merrill

#5 SG

Cleveland Cavaliers

STATS

Career Averages

PTS

REB

AST

BLK

STL

8.0

2.0

1.6

0.1

0.5

Year	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	DD2	TD3	3PM	3PA	3P%	2PM	2PA	2P%	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	PF	A/TO	+/-	TS%
2025-26	52	38	26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.1	0.6	0.8	1	0	3.0	7.2	42.1%	1.3	2.1	59.6%	4.3	9.3	46.1%	1.1	1.3	85.5%	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.0	+242	64.4%
2024-25	71	4	19.7	7.2	2.2	1.5	0.2	0.7	0.5	0	0	1.9	5.2	37.2%	0.5	0.8	62.5%	2.4	6.0	40.6%	0.4	0.4	96.6%	0.5	1.7	1.7	3.1	+321	58.3%
2023-24	61	1	17.5	8.0	2.0	1.8	0.1	0.3	0.3	0	0	2.3	5.8	40.4%	0.2	0.6	38.5%	2.6	6.4	40.2%	0.4	0.5	92.9%	0.4	1.6	1.2	5.7	+28	59.8%
2022-23	5	0	11.8	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	0	0	1.0	3.6	27.8%	0.8	0.8	100.0%	1.8	4.4	40.9%	0.4	0.4	100.0%	0.0	1.8	0.6	5.0	-5	54.6%
2021-22	6	0	9.7	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0	1.2	3.8	30.4%	0.2	0.2	100.0%	1.3	4.0	33.3%	0.3	0.7	50.0%	0.2	1.0	0.5	2.0	-9	48.5%
2020-21	30	2	7.8	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0	0	0.7	1.6	44.7%	0.4	0.8	44.0%	1.1	2.4	44.4%	0.1	0.1	100.0%	0.2	0.8	0.6	2.1	-38	60.3%
Career	225	45	18.7	8.0	2.0	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.5	1	0	2.1	5.3	39.7%	0.6	1.0	56.0%	2.7	6.3	42.4%	0.5	0.6	89.0%	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.4	+539	60.7%

Career Averages

PTS

REB

AST

BLK

STL

5.0

1.3

1.0

0.0

0.4

Year	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	DD2	TD3	3PM	3PA	3P%	2PM	2PA	2P%	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	PF	A/TO	+/-	TS%
2025-26	17	0	19.9	7.8	1.2	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	0	0	1.7	4.6	37.2%	0.7	1.1	66.7%	2.4	5.6	42.7%	1.2	1.5	84.0%	0.5	0.8	2.4	2.1	+5	61.7%
2024-25	8	3	19.9	5.8	2.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	0	0	1.8	4.9	35.9%	0.1	0.1	100.0%	1.9	5.0	37.5%	0.3	0.4	66.7%	0.9	1.6	2.3	7.0	+55	55.7%
2023-24	10	0	12.5	3.3	1.2	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1.0	2.7	37.0%	0.0	0.2	0.0%	1.0	2.9	34.5%	0.3	0.3	100.0%	0.2	1.0	0.9	9.0	-11	54.4%
2020-21	8	0	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.6	20.0%	0.1	0.3	50.0%	0.3	0.9	28.6%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.0	-8	35.7%
Career	43	3	15.2	5.0	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0	0	1.3	3.5	36.2%	0.3	0.5	60.9%	1.6	4.0	39.5%	0.6	0.7	83.9%	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.6	+41	58.2%

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	3PA	3PM	3P%	2PA	2PM	2P%	FGA	FGM	FG%	FTA	FTM	FT%	OREB	DREB	A/TO	+/-	PF	PER	TS%
10/14	DET	W 118-100	20	10	1	1	0	1	1	5	2	40.0%	2	2	100.0%	7	4	57.1%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	1.0	+3	4	7	71.4%
Preseason Totals			20.1	10.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	40.0%	2.0	2.0	100.0%	7.0	4.0	57.1%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.0	0.0	1.0	+3	4.0	11.0	71.4%

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	3PA	3PM	3P%	2PA	2PM	2P%	FGA	FGM	FG%	FTA	FTM	FT%	OREB	DREB	A/TO	+/-	PF	PER	TS%
4/8	ATL	W 122-116	27	6	0	3	0	1	0	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0	+0	5	4	100.0%
4/6	MEM	W 142-126	27	21	2	2	0	3	0	11	4	36.4%	5	3	60.0%	16	7	43.8%	4	3	75.0%	0	2	0.0	-5	0	21	59.1%
4/2	GSW	W 118-111	28	3	2	5	0	1	2	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	2.5	+12	1	4	25.0%
3/30	UTA	W 122-113	28	9	4	3	0	1	0	8	0	0.0%	6	4	66.7%	14	4	28.6%	1	1	100.0%	0	4	0.0	+13	2	6	31.2%
3/27	MIA	W 149-128	26	10	3	4	0	0	0	7	2	28.6%	2	1	50.0%	9	3	33.3%	2	2	100.0%	0	3	0.0	+25	2	10	50.6%
3/25	MIA	L 120-103	28	18	2	4	0	0	3	10	4	40.0%	3	2	66.7%	13	6	46.2%	2	2	100.0%	0	2	1.3	-22	1	15	64.8%
3/24	ORL	W 136-131	32	19	4	1	0	2	0	6	2	33.3%	5	4	80.0%	11	6	54.5%	6	5	83.3%	0	4	0.0	+4	2	22	69.6%
3/21	NOP	W 111-106	32	15	10	2	0	0	1	7	3	42.9%	2	2	100.0%	9	5	55.6%	2	2	100.0%	1	9	2.0	+5	2	22	75.9%
3/19	CHI	W 115-110	31	13	1	3	2	1	0	8	3	37.5%	4	2	50.0%	12	5	41.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+1	3	11	54.2%
3/17	MIL	W 123-116	28	17	6	2	0	0	0	8	3	37.5%	4	3	75.0%	12	6	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	6	0.0	+22	2	18	66.0%
3/11	ORL	L 128-122	30	13	4	2	0	1	0	5	2	40.0%	3	3	100.0%	8	5	62.5%	2	1	50.0%	1	3	0.0	-1	4	13	73.2%
3/9	PHI	W 115-101	20	2	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	+5	1	3	16.7%
3/8	BOS	L 109-98	29	5	5	4	0	1	0	7	1	14.3%	2	1	50.0%	9	2	22.2%	0	0	0.0%	1	4	0.0	-1	5	4	27.8%
3/3	DET	W 113-109	26	9	0	2	0	1	0	7	3	42.9%	3	0	0.0%	10	3	30.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0	-6	1	3	45.0%
3/1	BKN	W 106-102	27	15	1	2	0	0	1	6	4	66.7%	2	1	50.0%	8	5	62.5%	1	1	100.0%	0	1	2.0	+20	3	14	88.9%
2/27	DET	L 122-119	36	20	1	3	0	2	2	10	4	40.0%	4	2	50.0%	14	6	42.9%	4	4	100.0%	0	1	1.5	-13	3	19	63.5%
2/25	MIL	L 118-116	33	14	5	2	0	0	3	8	2	25.0%	5	4	80.0%	13	6	46.2%	2	0	0.0%	1	4	0.7	-2	3	9	50.4%
2/24	NYK	W 109-94	20	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	1.0	+13	1	4	0.0%
2/22	OKC	L 121-113	28	20	3	0	0	0	0	10	6	60.0%	2	1	50.0%	12	7	58.3%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	0.0	+6	2	17	83.3%
2/20	CHA	W 118-113	24	10	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	6	4	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	2	0.0	-14	3	11	83.3%
2/19	BKN	W 112-84	22	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	0.0	+13	0	6	37.5%
2/11	WAS	W 138-113	24	32	5	1	1	1	1	10	9	90.0%	2	2	100.0%	12	11	91.7%	1	1	100.0%	1	4	1.0	+22	1	38	128.6%
2/9	DEN	W 119-117	25	9	2	1	0	1	1	6	3	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	6	3	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	1.0	+13	4	6	75.0%
2/7	SAC	W 132-126	23	2	1	2	0	0	1	5	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	6	0	0.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	1	2.0	-8	2	4	14.5%
2/4	LAC	W 124-91	21	11	1	0	0	0	1	5	3	60.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	4	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0	+21	1	8	91.7%
2/1	POR	W 130-111	29	22	2	4	0	0	1	8	6	75.0%	1	1	100.0%	9	7	77.8%	2	2	100.0%	0	2	4.0	+25	2	24	111.3%
1/30	PHX	L 126-113	18	10	2	2	0	0	1	7	2	28.6%	5	2	40.0%	12	4	33.3%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	2.0	-19	3	3	41.7%
1/28	LAL	W 129-99	23	4	1	4	1	0	1	3	1	33.3%	1	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	2	1	50.0%	1	0	4.0	+31	0	6	41.0%
1/14	PHI	W 133-107	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	5	1	20.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	+5	1	1	30.0%
1/12	UTA	L 123-112	27	14	2	3	0	0	1	8	3	37.5%	3	2	66.7%	11	5	45.5%	1	1	100.0%	0	2	3.0	-10	5	11	61.2%
1/10	MIN	W 146-134	25	20	2	1	0	3	2	6	5	83.3%	1	0	0.0%	7	5	71.4%	5	5	100.0%	0	2	0.5	+20	2	22	108.7%
1/8	MIN	L 131-122	30	22	2	3	0	1	0	11	5	45.5%	2	2	100.0%	13	7	53.8%	3	3	100.0%	2	0	0.0	+6	3	20	76.8%
1/6	IND	W 120-116	31	19	4	2	0	0	1	10	6	60.0%	2	0	0.0%	12	6	50.0%	2	1	50.0%	1	3	2.0	+5	2	16	73.8%
1/4	DET	L 114-110	27	15	3	2	0	1	2	7	5	71.4%	1	0	0.0%	8	5	62.5%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	1.0	+0	6	10	93.8%
12/31	PHX	W 129-113	22	16	1	1	0	0	2	9	4	44.4%	5	2	40.0%	14	6	42.9%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.5	+14	4	5	57.1%
12/29	SAS	W 113-101	25	5	0	1	0	1	1	6	1	16.7%	0	0	0.0%	6	1	16.7%	2	2	100.0%	0	0	1.0	-4	2	3	36.3%
12/27	HOU	L 117-100	25	13	3	3	0	1	1	6	3	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	8	5	62.5%	1	0	0.0%	0	3	3.0	-24	4	12	77.0%
12/25	NYK	L 126-124	29	11	5	1	0	2	1	8	2	25.0%	3	2	66.7%	11	4	36.4%	2	1	50.0%	1	4	1.0	+3	2	10	46.3%
12/23	NOP	W 141-118	25	22	6	7	0	1	1	10	6	60.0%	2	1	50.0%	12	7	58.3%	2	2	100.0%	2	4	7.0	+18	2	29	85.4%
12/22	CHA	W 139-132	25	4	1	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	7	2	28.6%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+6	0	8	28.6%
11/17	MIL	W 118-106	27	20	5	0	1	0	1	9	6	66.7%	1	1	100.0%	10	7	70.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	4	0.0	+4	1	22	100.0%
11/15	MEM	W 108-100	27	13	4	1	0	1	2	6	2	33.3%	3	3	100.0%	9	5	55.6%	2	1	50.0%	1	3	0.5	-4	4	12	65.8%
11/13	TOR	L 126-113	27	12	2	3	0	0	0	9	3	33.3%	2	1	50.0%	11	4	36.4%	1	1	100.0%	1	1	0.0	-2	1	11	52.4%
11/12	MIA	W 130-116	20	5	0	3	1	1	0	8	1	12.5%	2	0	0.0%	10	1	10.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0	-8	3	0	23.0%
11/10	MIA	L 140-138	32	12	2	2	0	0	0	16	4	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	16	4	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	1	0.0	-7	3	2	37.5%
11/8	CHI	W 128-122	27	8	2	8	0	0	1	6	2	33.3%	2	1	50.0%	8	3	37.5%	0	0	0.0%	2	0	8.0	+6	3	10	50.0%
11/7	WAS	W 148-115	18	14	2	2	0	1	0	5	4	80.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	5	83.3%	0	0	0.0%	0	2	0.0	+10	2	16	116.7%
11/5	PHI	W 132-121	26	14	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	80.0%	1	0	0.0%	6	4	66.7%	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0	+1	4	8	101.7%
10/27	DET	W 116-95	17	11	1	1	0	2	0	6	3	50.0%	1	1	100.0%	7	4	57.1%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+13	1	12	78.6%
10/26	MIL	W 118-113	30	17	3	1	0	0	0	9	4	44.4%	2	1	50.0%	11	5	45.5%	3	3	100.0%	1	2	0.0	+17	3	15	69.0%
10/24	BKN	W 131-124	26	22	1	5	1	1	4	10	6	60.0%	1	0	0.0%	11	6	54.5%	4	4	100.0%	1	0	1.3	+14	4	22	86.2%
10/22	NYK	L 119-111	28	19	3	1	0	0	1	10	5	50.0%	1	1	100.0%	11	6	54.5%	2	2	100.0%	1	2	1.0	-1	6	16	80.0%
Regular Season Totals			26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.1	0.6	0.8	7.2	3.0	42.1%	2.1	1.3	59.6%	9.3	4.3	46.1%	1.3	1.1	85.5%	0.5	2.0	3.0	+242	2.4	14.2	64.4%

Postseason
Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	3PA	3PM	3P%	2PA	2PM	2P%	FGA	FGM	FG%	FTA	FTM	FT%	OREB	DREB	A/TO	+/-	PF	PER	TS%
5/25	NYK	L 130-93	17	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	50.0%	2	1	50.0%	4	2	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	1.0	-13	3	1	62.5%
5/23	NYK	L 121-108	23	6	3	1	0	1	0	4	2	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	5	2	40.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	3	0.0	-1	4	7	60.0%
5/21	NYK	L 109-93	23	4	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0.0%	1	1	100.0%	8	1	12.5%	4	2	50.0%	0	0	0.0	-8	2	5	20.5%
5/19	NYK	L 115-104	28	12	1	2	0	1	0	8	3	37.5%	1	1	100.0%	9	4	44.4%	1	1	100.0%	0	1	0.0	-17	5	7	63.6%
5/17	DET	W 125-94	25	23	1	2	0	1	2	8	5	62.5%	2	2	100.0%	10	7	70.0%	4	4	100.0%	1	0	1.0	+22	3	22	97.8%
5/15	DET	L 115-94	20	10	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	40.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	3	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	1	0.0	-10	4	7	72.7%
5/13	DET	W 117-113	21	6	0	1	0	1	0	5	2	40.0%	0	0	0.0%	5	2	40.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0	-7	1	4	60.0%
5/11	DET	W 112-103	16	6	1	2	0	1	0	7	2	28.6%	1	0	0.0%	8	2	25.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	1	0.0	+6	4	1	37.5%
5/9	DET	W 116-109	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	1	1	100.0%	4	2	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	0	0	0.0	+4	2	6	71.7%
5/5	DET	L 111-101	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	1.0	-10	0	0	0.0%
5/3	TOR	W 114-102	23	13	3	2	0	0	0	7	3	42.9%	1	1	100.0%	8	4	50.0%	2	2	100.0%	1	2	0.0	+16	4	10	73.2%
5/1	TOR	L 112-110	17	2	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	0.0%	2	1	50.0%	5	1	20.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	0	1.0	-6	3	4	20.0%
4/29	TOR	W 125-120	23	9	1	2	0	1	2	2	2	100.0%	1	0	0.0%	3	2	66.7%	4	3	75.0%	0	1	1.0	+19	0	13	94.5%
4/26	TOR	L 93-89	18	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	42.9%	2	2	100.0%	9	5	55.6%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0	+4	2	9	74.2%
4/23	TOR	L 126-104	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	2	1	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	3	0	0.0	-5	0	6	75.0%
4/20	TOR	W 115-105	20	5	1	1	0	1	1	5	1	20.0%	1	1	100.0%	6	2	33.3%	1	0	0.0%	0	1	1.0	+1	2	2	38.8%
4/18	TOR	W 126-113	20	7	4	2	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	1	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	4	4	100.0%	1	3	0.0	+10	1	11	60.8%
Postseason Totals			19.9	7.8	1.2	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	4.6	1.7	37.2%	1.1	0.7	66.7%	5.6	2.4	42.7%	1.5	1.2	84.0%	0.5	0.8	2.1	+5	2.4	8.2	61.7%

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Cavaliers Positioned To Get 6-Time All-Star After Locking Up Donovan Mitchell

Cavaliers Positioned To Get 6-Time All-Star After Locking Up Donovan Mitchell

How the Donovan Mitchell Extension Affects Cavaliers’ Chances of Signing LeBron James

How the Donovan Mitchell Extension Affects Cavaliers’ Chances of Signing LeBron James

Cavs Make Blockbuster Move for $273 Million Superstar

Cavs Make Blockbuster Move for $273 Million Superstar

Cavaliers’ Dennis Schroder Makes Strong Statement Amid LeBron James Rumors

Cavaliers’ Dennis Schroder Makes Strong Statement Amid LeBron James Rumors

Cavaliers Given Encouraging Update on Pursuit of LeBron James

Cavaliers Given Encouraging Update on Pursuit of LeBron James

LeBron James Turns Heads with New Video as Cavs Rumors Swirl

LeBron James Turns Heads with New Video as Cavs Rumors Swirl

NBA Trade Rumors: No LeBron James Deals, More Peyton Watson & the Big Board

NBA Trade Rumors: No LeBron James Deals, More Peyton Watson & the Big Board

NBA Analyst Terms LeBron James An ‘Awful Fit’ For Cleveland Cavaliers

NBA Analyst Terms LeBron James An ‘Awful Fit’ For Cleveland Cavaliers

Trading For James Harden Hurt Cavs Chances Of Signing LeBron

Trading For James Harden Hurt Cavs Chances Of Signing LeBron

New LeBron James Photo Fuels Cavaliers Speculation

New LeBron James Photo Fuels Cavaliers Speculation

NBA Trade Rumors: Peyton Watson, Bronny James’ Lakers Future & Big Board

NBA Trade Rumors: Peyton Watson, Bronny James’ Lakers Future & Big Board

Cavaliers Receive Key LeBron James Decision Update After Insider Report

Cavaliers Receive Key LeBron James Decision Update After Insider Report

LeBron James Return to Cavaliers Gains Major Momentum

LeBron James Return to Cavaliers Gains Major Momentum

LeBron James Odds: Which Team Leads the Charge?

LeBron James Odds: Which Team Leads the Charge?

NBA Trade Rumors: Trey Murphy, Anthony Davis, More Lakers Deals and the Big Board

NBA Trade Rumors: Trey Murphy, Anthony Davis, More Lakers Deals and the Big Board

Rich Paul Gives Pros and Cons to LeBron James Possibly Choosing the Cavaliers

Rich Paul Gives Pros and Cons to LeBron James Possibly Choosing the Cavaliers

Cavaliers Receive Promising LeBron James News

Cavaliers Receive Promising LeBron James News

NBA Trade Rumors: Warriors Weigh Trade, Knicks Struggles & More

NBA Trade Rumors: Warriors Weigh Trade, Knicks Struggles & More

Cavaliers Receive Strong Insider Message on LeBron James’ Next Move

Cavaliers Receive Strong Insider Message on LeBron James’ Next Move

NBA Free Agency: Players Still on Big Board After Wild Lakers Day

NBA Free Agency: Players Still on Big Board After Wild Lakers Day

NBA Trade Rumors: More Celtics Moves, Lakers Options & Big Board

NBA Trade Rumors: More Celtics Moves, Lakers Options & Big Board

Cavaliers’ LeBron Reunion Bid Faces New Challenger

Cavaliers’ LeBron Reunion Bid Faces New Challenger

NBA Free Agency: Who’s Available, Who’s Signed & Lakers Big Gamble

NBA Free Agency: Who’s Available, Who’s Signed & Lakers Big Gamble

Cavaliers Receive Promising LeBron James Reunion Update From Insider

Cavaliers Receive Promising LeBron James Reunion Update From Insider

‘Tea Leaves’ Point to LeBron James’ Cavaliers Return, NBA Insider Says

‘Tea Leaves’ Point to LeBron James’ Cavaliers Return, NBA Insider Says

Cavaliers’ James Harden Reportedly Helping in LeBron James Pursuit

Cavaliers’ James Harden Reportedly Helping in LeBron James Pursuit

Cavaliers’ Front Office Has Childhood Ties to LeBron James

Cavaliers’ Front Office Has Childhood Ties to LeBron James

Cavaliers In Serious Contention After LeBron James Lakers Exit

Cavaliers In Serious Contention After LeBron James Lakers Exit

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