What did Sam Merrill actually supply in 2025-26 for CLE?
Sam Merrill's strongest evidenced functions are shooting, passing, rim pressure; the weakest available areas are event creation, rebounding, rim protection. The profile is tied to CLE for 2025-26.
High1,010,955 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
6 of 6 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
CLE · 2025-26Small lineup sample160 possessions
James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley produced 127.5 offense and 126.8 defense over 160 possessions (0.2 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2024-25Small lineup sample179 possessions
Donovan Mitchell, De'Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley produced 118.2 offense and 121.8 defense over 179 possessions (-1.0 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2024-25Small lineup sample162 possessions
Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, Donovan Mitchell, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley produced 121.0 offense and 86.0 defense over 162 possessions (8.6 shrunk net). 2 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
1Right hand1Right hip
+ Injuryright right hand sprain
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 13resolved player: trueseason profiles: 6medical episodes: 2lineup rows returned: 3current acquisition signal count: 0current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
44
Rim pressure
48
Shooting
73
Passing
53
Screening*—
Interior finish
39
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
33
Event creation
26
Rebounding
31
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+1.7 net per 100
on +4.0 · off +2.3 · 3,154 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.5 per 100
6,311 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+1.1 per 100
O +0.2 / D +0.9 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
Kind
Amount
Status
2020-21
cap hit
$898K
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$956K
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$150K
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$2.00M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$2.16M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$8.48M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$8.48M
provisional
Nov 18, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025
+ Injuryright right hip contusionOct 28, 2025 → back Nov 5, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
SACfree agent signingAug 12, 2022Withheld No Prior Team Need Baseline
Withheld No Receiving Team Post Move Role Profile · authority: Monte McNair