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ORL
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55
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50
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DAL
o235.5
-1
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o225.5
+2.5
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LAL
o229.5
-5.5
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SA
o230.5
-12.5
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o229.5
-1.5
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o230.5
-0.5
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46
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o233.5
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PHO
o225.5
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INJURY ALERT Questionable | Elbow | Since Oct 14, 2026
Sam Merrill

Sam Merrill

SG/SF • Cleveland Cavaliers Proj Rank N/A Actual 40 N/A • Trade Value
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS FSP
11.522.092.2324.4.6.110.15
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Sam Merrill | Fantasy Outlook

Sam Merrill 2026-27 Fantasy Outlook: Perimeter Spacing Role in Cleveland

Merrill enters the campaign as a secondary reserve wing on Cleveland's depth chart behind starters Donovan Mitchell and James Harden. With no fresh news updates, his perimeter role off the bench remains clear, though his fantasy ownership has steadily dropped from 9% to 2% over the past month.

Our models project Merrill to supply 17.3 fantasy points and 10.1 points across 23.6 minutes per game over 67 appearances. His fantasy baseline is anchored by outside shooting efficiency, highlighted by our projected 39.7% three-point mark, which translates to roughly 680 total points over a full season.

With Mitchell and Harden commanding primary offensive touches, Merrill's overall fantasy ceiling is capped. At 30 years old, he provides seasoned floor spacing but limited peripheral stats, making him an unrostered luxury in standard formats who is best utilized as a specialist streamer when Cleveland manages backcourt minutes.

FantasySP AI Analysis Updated 5 days ago

Sam Merrill Fantasy

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DATE OPP M FG PTS AST STL REB BLK TO FPT Diff
05/25 NY 17 2/4 5 1 0 1 0 1 728
05/23 NY 23 2/5 6 1 1 3 0 0 1319
05/21 NY 23 1/8 4 0 0 0 0 1 330
05/19 NY 28 4/9 12 2 1 1 0 0 1832
05/17 DET 25 7/10 23 2 1 1 0 2 2722
05/15 DET 20 3/6 10 1 0 1 0 0 1339
05/13 DET 21 2/5 6 1 1 0 0 0 1041
05/11 DET 16 2/8 6 2 1 1 0 0 1241
05/09 DET 14 2/4 7 0 0 0 0 0 743
05/05 DET 6 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 1 140
05/03 TOR 23 4/8 13 2 0 3 0 0 2020
05/01 TOR 17 1/5 2 1 1 1 0 1 636
04/29 TOR 23 2/3 9 2 1 1 0 2 1331
04/26 TOR 18 5/9 14 0 0 0 0 0 1422
04/23 TOR 17 1/2 3 0 0 3 0 0 744
04/20 TOR 20 2/6 5 1 1 1 0 1 940
04/18 TOR 20 1/4 7 2 0 4 0 0 1531
04/08 ATL 27 2/3 6 3 1 0 0 0 1340
04/06 MEM 27 7/16 21 2 3 2 0 0 3221
04/02 GS 28 1/6 3 5 1 2 0 2 1330
03/30 UTA 28 4/14 9 3 1 4 0 0 2031
03/27 MIA 26 3/9 10 4 0 3 0 0 2027
03/25 MIA 28 6/13 18 4 0 2 0 3 2329
03/24 ORL 32 6/11 19 1 2 4 0 0 2918
03/21 NO 32 5/9 15 2 0 10 0 1 2923
03/19 CHI 31 5/12 13 3 1 1 2 0 2541
03/17 MIL 28 6/12 17 2 0 6 0 0 2717
03/11 ORL 30 5/8 13 2 1 4 0 0 2330
03/09 PHI 20 1/6 2 5 0 3 0 0 1325
03/08 BOS 29 2/9 5 4 1 5 0 0 1933
03/03 DET 26 3/10 9 2 1 0 0 0 1447
03/01 BKN 27 5/8 15 2 0 1 0 1 1836
02/27 DET 36 6/14 20 3 2 1 0 2 2826
02/25 MIL 33 6/13 14 2 0 5 0 3 2023
02/24 NY 20 0/4 0 1 0 1 0 1 249
02/22 OKC 28 7/12 20 0 0 3 0 0 2429
02/20 CHA 24 4/6 10 2 0 2 0 0 1533
02/19 BKN 22 1/4 3 3 0 3 0 0 1148
02/11 WAS 24 11/12 32 1 1 5 1 1 432
02/09 DEN 25 3/6 9 1 1 2 0 1 1440
02/07 SAC 23 0/6 2 2 0 1 0 1 569
02/04 LAC 21 4/6 11 0 0 1 0 1 1144
02/01 POR 29 7/9 22 4 0 2 0 1 2918
01/30 PHO 18 4/12 10 2 0 2 0 1 1429
01/28 LAL 23 1/4 4 4 0 1 1 1 1235
01/14 PHI 9 1/5 3 0 0 3 0 0 751
01/12 UTA 27 5/11 14 3 0 2 0 1 2039
01/10 MIN 25 5/7 20 1 3 2 0 2 2823
01/08 MIN 30 7/13 22 3 1 2 0 0 3117
01/06 IND 31 6/12 19 2 0 4 0 1 2619
01/04 DET 27 5/8 15 2 1 3 0 2 2229
12/31 PHO 22 6/14 16 1 0 1 0 2 1742
12/29 SA 25 1/6 5 1 1 0 0 1 839
12/27 HOU 25 5/8 13 3 1 3 0 1 2224
12/25 NY 29 4/11 11 1 2 5 0 1 2236
12/23 NO 25 7/12 22 7 1 6 0 1 4111
12/22 CHA 25 2/7 4 5 1 1 0 0 1534
11/17 MIL 27 7/10 20 0 0 5 1 1 2727
11/15 MEM 27 5/9 13 1 1 4 0 2 1933
11/13 TOR 27 4/11 12 3 0 2 0 0 1930
11/12 MIA 20 1/10 5 3 1 0 1 0 1435
11/10 MIA 32 4/16 12 2 0 2 0 0 1745
11/08 CHI 27 3/8 8 8 0 2 0 1 2124
11/07 WAS 18 5/6 14 2 1 2 0 0 2125
11/05 PHI 26 4/6 14 0 0 0 0 1 1350
10/27 DET 17 4/7 11 1 2 1 0 0 1837
10/26 MIL 30 5/11 17 1 0 3 0 0 2258
10/24 BKN 26 6/11 22 5 1 1 1 4 3118
10/22 NY 28 6/11 19 1 0 3 0 1 2326
Totals: 1681 264/580 795 144 41 154 7 51 1245
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YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 MIL 26 7.0 .484 .488 .1000 3.2 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
21-22 MEM 9 11.0 .467 .425 .500 6.8 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.7
23-24 CLE 63 16.8 .403 .405 .929 7.8 1.8 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.3
24-25 CLE 75 19.3 .405 .373 .966 7.1 1.5 2.2 0.2 0.7 0.5
25-26 CLE 58 25.3 .458 .418 .848 12.1 2.3 2.5 0.1 0.6 0.8
3-YEAR AVG 68 20.0 .422 .397 .887 8.6 1.8 2.2 0.1 0.5 0.5
Totals 267 17.7 .424 .396 .880 7.6 1.6 1.9 0.1 0.5 0.5

Merrill Projection

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MIN FG% FT% 3P% 3PM 3PA 2PM FTA FTM FGA FGM OREB DREB A/T DD TD PF REB AST BLK PTS STL TO FPTS
45 0.443 0.849 0.394 11.7 4.8 6.8 2.3 1.8 15 6.6 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.03 0 4.2 4 3.8 0 20 1 1 16
MIN FG% FT% 3P% 3PM 3PA 2PM FTA FTM FGA FGM OREB DREB A/T DD TD PF REB AST BLK PTS STL TO FPTS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Depth Chart

Cleveland Cavaliers

Roster Breakdown
NAME OWN START
Meleek Thomas SG 1% 0%
James Harden SG/PG 100% 100%
Donovan Mitchell SG/PG 100% 100%
Sam Merrill SG/SF 2% 0%
NAME OWN START
Evan Mobley PF/C 100% 100%
Peyton Watson SF/PF 77% 35%
Jaylon Tyson SF/PF 4% 1%
NAME OWN START
Jarrett Allen C 100% 95%

Team Injuries

PLAYERSTATUSNOTES
Sam Merrill
#5 · SG
QuestionableDTDElbow
Merrill is battling an elbow injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Cavaliers.
INJ SINCE: Oct 14
PLAYERSTATUSNOTES
Nae'Qwan Tomlin
#35 · PF
QuestionableDTDBack
Tomlin is dealing with a back injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Cavaliers.
INJ SINCE: Oct 14
PLAYERSTATUSNOTES
Khalifa Diop
#18 · C
QuestionableDTDKnee
Diop is dealing with a knee injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Cavaliers.
INJ SINCE: Oct 14

Team Rankings

PTS
119.5
4th
REB
44.4
11th
AST
28.3
8th
TO
13.3
9th
FG%
48.2
8th
3P%
36.0
13th
FT%
77.6
18th
eFG%
56.1
4th
STL
8.5
16th
BLK
5.0
13th
PF
19.6
12th
TeamW-LWin %GBPTSOPP
PistonsPistons60-220.732-117.8109.6
CavaliersCavaliers52-300.6348119.5115.4
BucksBucks32-500.39028110.6116.8
BullsBulls31-510.37829116.3121.5
PacersPacers19-630.23241112.4120.4

Team Stats

PlayerGPPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG%3P%FT%O/S
Dennis Schröder7010.82.74.90.80.21.840.532.983.4  
Lonzo Ball354.64.03.91.30.31.530.127.266.7  
Craig Porter Jr.644.53.43.20.90.60.945.035.560.0  
Darius Brown II10.01.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0  
PlayerGPPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG%3P%FT%O/S
Donovan Mitchell7027.94.55.71.50.32.848.336.486.5  
James Harden7023.64.88.01.10.43.543.437.588.4  
Sam Merrill5212.82.62.40.60.10.846.142.185.5  
Max Strus1211.25.42.00.30.00.844.340.277.8  
Keon Ellis726.71.91.01.20.60.644.036.372.9  
Tyrese Proctor505.41.31.50.50.00.841.335.188.9  
PlayerGPPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG%3P%FT%O/S
Jaylon Tyson6613.25.12.20.80.41.549.344.673.8  
Tristan Enaruna94.11.60.80.60.00.350.030.075.0  
Riley Minix93.90.70.60.20.10.360.933.3100.0  
Chris Livingston33.01.00.30.30.00.057.10.0100.0  
Luke Travers122.32.00.80.60.30.325.06.2100.0  
PlayerGPPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG%3P%FT%O/S
Evan Mobley6518.29.03.60.71.71.954.629.760.6  
Nae'Qwan Tomlin645.82.90.80.60.50.547.823.577.0  
Dean Wade595.84.21.50.70.40.343.936.271.1  
Larry Nance Jr.353.72.71.00.60.20.641.933.346.2  
PlayerGPPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG%3P%FT%O/S
Jarrett Allen5615.48.51.81.00.81.363.810.070.9  
Thomas Bryant606.23.40.60.30.40.550.635.980.3  
Olivier Sarr43.52.81.30.50.80.571.466.740.0  

Owned Breakdown

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Player Timeline

May 17th

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May 15th

NBA Tweet: Cavs Celebrate Sam Merrill’s 30th Birthday

Player News

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    Bears QB Tyson Bagent Gets Emotional Discussing $10M Extension and His Father’s Sacrifices

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  • Jesus Made SS • MIL MLB

    MLB’s Top Prospect Jesús Made Homers in First LIDOM At-Bat

    @MLBPipeline

  • Jalen Suggs SG • ORL NBA

    Jalen Suggs Sets Up Nikola Vucevic With a Slick Wraparound Pass

    @OrlandoMagic

  • Tyrese Haliburton PG • IND NBA

    Tyrese Haliburton Scores 15 in First-Half Preseason Slam

    @NBA

  • Tyrese Haliburton PG • IND NBA

    Tyrese Haliburton Throws Down a Massive Dunk

    @Pacers

  • Pascal Siakam PF • IND NBA

    Pascal Siakam Drains a Three to Force a Timeout

    @Pacers

  • Tyson Bagent QB • CHI

    Bears QB Tyson Bagent Gets Emotional Discussing $10M Extension and His Father’s Sacrifices

    @NFL_DovKleiman

  • Christian Kirk WR • SF

    49ers Friday Injury Report: Seven Players Miss Practice, Six Limited; Evans, Bosa and Samuel Among the DNPs

    @nwagoner

  • Caleb Williams QB • CHI

    Caleb Williams Teases an “Iceman” Return on TikTok

    @RapSheet

  • Jordan Love QB • GB

    Jordan Love Is the “GOAT” of Sunday Night Football, Packers Article Says

    @BillHuberNFL

  • Carver Willis G • SF

    49ers Injury Report: Bosa, Evans and Samuel DNP; Thompson Returns to Limited Practice

    @nwagoner

  • Jonathon Cooper OLB • DEN

    Jonathon Cooper is back for the Broncos, but the NFL's personal conduct review isn't over

    Washington Times

  • Jesus Made SS • MIL

    MLB’s Top Prospect Jesús Made Homers in First LIDOM At-Bat

    @MLBPipeline

  • Isaac Paredes 3B • HOU

    Yankees Urged to Explore Isaac Paredes as a Third-Base Fix

    @nypostsports

  • Framber Valdez SP • DET

    Tigers To Hire Martín Maldonado As Quality Control Coach

    MLBTradeRumors

  • Carlos Narvaez C • BAL

    Orioles Could Pursue Catching Help

    MLBTradeRumors

  • Shohei Ohtani DH • LAD

    Dodgers Face Questions Over Ohtani’s Health, Roster Age and Potential Salary Cap

    @BillShaikin

  • Sebastian Walcott SS • TEX

    Rangers Prospect Sebastian Walcott Hits First Fall League Homer—a Grand Slam, His Seventh RBI in Five Games

    @MLBPipeline

  • Jalen Suggs SG • ORL

    Jalen Suggs Sets Up Nikola Vucevic With a Slick Wraparound Pass

    @OrlandoMagic

  • Tyrese Haliburton PG • IND

    Tyrese Haliburton Scores 15 in First-Half Preseason Slam

    @NBA

  • Tyrese Haliburton PG • IND

    Tyrese Haliburton Throws Down a Massive Dunk

    @Pacers

  • Pascal Siakam PF • IND

    Pascal Siakam Drains a Three to Force a Timeout

    @Pacers

  • Jaylen Brown SG • PHI

    76ers Take the Lead in Second Quarter of NBA Preseason Game

    @NBA

  • Ivica Zubac C • IND

    Tyrese Haliburton Assists Ivica Zubac on a Drive-and-Dish

    @Pacers

  • Philipp Grubauer G • SEA

    Philipp Grubauer’s Kraken Comeback Extends Beyond the Ice to Seattle’s Brewery Scene

    @SeattleKraken

  • Colton Parayko D • STL

    Parayko Appears to “Force Push” Hughes in Playful Viral Moment

    @lukefoxjukebox

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    Frank Corrado Highlights Gavin McKenna’s Standout Game on OverDrive

    @JeffVeillette

  • Mark Scheifele C • WPG

    Jets’ Mark Scheifele Nears Milestone Game, with a Hockey World Tour from the Team’s Broadcaster

    @NHLJets

  • Olen Zellweger D • BUF

    Sabres say Olen Zellweger is already living up to expectations after seven games

    @BuffaloSabres

  • Andrew Mangiapane LW • CHI

    NHL Injury Update: Byram Day to Day; Mangiapane Could Skate This Weekend

    @MarkLazerus

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Kristaps Porzingis GS C +2.1
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Yaxel Lendeborg GS PF +1.8
Draymond Green GS PF -4.9
Maxime Raynaud SAC C -2.9
Pelle Larsson MIA SG -2.4
Aaron Nesmith IND PF -2.4
Donte DiVincenzo MIN SG -2.3
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Tobias Harris SA SF -2.1
Deandre Ayton WAS C -2.0
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