Sam Merrill
- Age
- 31
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Experience
- 6 yrs
Ignore his worst category (rebounds) and he's worth -1.64.
A shooting specialist doing specialist things — 2.5 threes on an 85% line with barely half a turnover. Rebounds, assists and defense are all near-empty, so he's a one-category plug you deploy when you need triples. Fine in deep leagues, invisible in shallow ones.
Sam Merrill enters 2026-27 at #216 on our board — Round 18 value in a standard 12-team draft, projected for 10.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 23.1 minutes a night. The value is built on turnovers and threes, with rebounds the soft spot in the profile. He's a natural fit for punt-rebounds builds — take that category out of the equation and his value climbs. Availability is the swing factor — we expect about 53 games, which is priced into his draft value.
GP = expected games this season (availability model + analyst judgment), not last year's total. DRAFT VAL = draft-day value (round/window-paced), used for draft decisions. MPG = projected minutes per game.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Projected per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2026-27projected | -2.89 | 53 | 23.1 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 45.0% | 0.9 | 84.7% | 0.7 | 15.5% | -1.05 | -1.25 | -0.83 | -0.69 | -0.84 | 0.67 | -0.26 | 0.10 | 1.25 |
Share of team plays a player uses while on the floor. The highlighted bar is our 2026-27 projection.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2020-21MIL | -6.18 | 30 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 44.4% | 0.1 | 100.0% | 0.3 | 14.9% | -1.92 | -1.60 | -1.17 | -1.02 | -0.96 | -0.83 | -0.07 | 0.03 | 1.36 |
| 2021-22MEM | -6.78 | 6 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 33.3% | 0.3 | 50.0% | 0.3 | 20.1% | -1.70 | -1.52 | -1.19 | -1.44 | -0.98 | -0.39 | -0.48 | -0.41 | 1.32 |
| 2022-23CLE | -4.22 | 5 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 40.9% | 0.4 | 100.0% | 0.0 | 17.3% | -1.60 | -1.35 | -1.18 | -0.26 | -0.91 | -0.52 | -0.31 | 0.15 | 1.77 |
| 2023-24CLE | -3.77 | 61 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 40.2% | 0.5 | 92.9% | 0.3 | 17.8% | -1.25 | -1.30 | -0.89 | -1.00 | -0.87 | 0.43 | -0.49 | 0.13 | 1.47 |
| 2024-25CLE | -3.72 | 71 | 19.7 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 40.6% | 0.4 | 96.6% | 0.5 | 14.3% | -1.37 | -1.21 | -1.01 | -0.52 | -0.70 | 0.06 | -0.38 | 0.14 | 1.28 |
| 2025-26CLE | -1.89 | 52 | 26.5 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 46.1% | 1.1 | 85.5% | 0.8 | 17.2% | -0.62 | -1.15 | -0.63 | -0.66 | -0.85 | 1.04 | -0.22 | 0.14 | 1.07 |
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What round should I draft Sam Merrill in 2026-27 fantasy basketball?
Our board has Sam Merrill at #216 overall — Round 18 value in a standard 12-team draft. That already weighs expected games (about 53), not just the per-game line.
Is Sam Merrill a good fantasy basketball pick?
Mostly in deep leagues — he projects as a deep-league or streaming option at #216, helping most in turnovers and threes, with rebounds the main cost.
How many games will Sam Merrill play in 2026-27?
We project about 53 games — an expected-games estimate from our availability model plus analyst judgment, rather than a repeat of last season's total.
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