How much should you trust the jumper?
30.4% from three on 23 attempts. Fewer than 100 attempts leave plenty of room for the percentage to move. Watch the misses and the closeouts, too.
Inspect the record ↓Players Sam Merrill
The historical record · 2021-22
SamMerrill
Guard· 6' 4"
Inside the game of Sam Merrill.
PORTRAIT / NBA GUARD2021-22 · Regular season
6 games · MEMPoints / G4.2
Rebounds / G1.2
Assists / G0.7
Minutes / G9.7
Field goal33.3%
Three-point30.4%
Early returns 6 games are a starting point. These are recorded results, not a projection of player strength.
Historical teams: MEM. Impact and player-strength ratings are awaiting validation.
Historical seasonNo recorded 2021-22 regular-season appearance. Season totals include published final games.
01 / The film room
The game, in motion.
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02 / The scouting file
Look closer.
The role. The questions. The person.
The statistical read
What changes when you look past points per game?
— recorded minutes
No league ranking without a qualified, same-season comparison sample. Per-36 rates describe production in the recorded role; they do not project starter minutes.
Scoring volume— PTS / 36Comparison unavailable
Points per 36 minutes
Assist production— AST / 36Comparison unavailable
Assists per 36 minutes; does not measure every advantage created
Rebound production— REB / 36Comparison unavailable
Rebounds per 36 minutes; role and available rebounds matter
Three-point appetite95.8% of FGAComparison unavailable
Percentage of field-goal attempts taken from three
Free-throw volume16.7 FTA / 100 FGAComparison unavailable
Free-throw attempts per 100 field-goal attempts
Scoring efficiency48.5% TSComparison unavailable
True shooting percentage, weighted by attempts
How to read this profile
Percentiles compare this season’s qualified NBA players across all positions. Rebounding reflects opportunity as well as skill; assists depend on touches and teammates; shot volume does not measure gravity. True shooting uses aggregate points and attempts, with a 0.44 free-throw multiplier. Per-36 rates use recorded minutes, which may be rounded in historical NBA game logs.
Decisions under pressure
2.00 assists per turnover is a starting point. Rewatch possessions against traps and late-clock pressure; this ratio alone cannot tell you how difficult the passing job was.
Inspect the record ↓The reporting file
Start with the people who were there.
Read Merrill’s official biography and the reporting below for the path to the NBA. A reviewed account of upbringing, scouting disagreements and development is not yet in this file.
Official biography ↗Player reporting ↓03 / The numbers
A season in motion.
2021-22 regular season · 6 games
Game by game
The shooting profile
Every point has a source.
2021-22 · Percentages and attempt volume.
48.5%True shooting
47.9%Effective FG
100.0%
Two-point1 attempts30.4%
Three-point23 attempts50.0%
Free throws4 attemptsShare of points25 total points
Two-pointers 8.0%Three-pointers 84.0%Free throws 8.0%
04 / The reading room
Beyond the stat line.
Read the Game
The next chapter is on the court.
Reviewed player analysis appears here as game reports are published.
Every recorded appearance ↓
05 / The long view
The career, chapter by chapter.
Points per game · Regular season · Team stints are shown separately where supplied.
| Season | Team | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | CLE | 1 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 40.0% | 33.3% | — |
| 2025-26 | CLE | 52 | 26.5 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 46.1% | 42.1% | 85.5% |
| 2024-25 | CLE | 71 | 19.7 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 40.6% | 37.2% | 96.6% |
| 2023-24 | CLE | 61 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 40.2% | 40.4% | 92.9% |
| 2022-23 | CLE | 5 | 11.8 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 40.9% | 27.8% | 100.0% |
| 2021-22 | MEM | 6 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3% | 30.4% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | MIL | 30 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 44.4% | 44.7% | 100.0% |
06 / Every appearance
The game log.
| Competition | Game | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Contribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game data will appear as the season unfolds. | ||||||||||||
No games match these filters.
Shooting percentages use recorded attempts; no attempts is unavailable. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
07 / The player file
How Merrill got here.
At a glance.
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 205 lbs
- Age now
- 30 years
- Born
- 1996-05-15
- Hometown
- Bountiful, UT
- College
- Utah State
- Draft
- 2020: Rd 2, Pk 60 (NO)
- Experience
- 7th Season
The contract
Salary not confirmed.
A dated salary for this player and team is not available in the current contract collection.