SAM MERRILL #5

Cleveland Cavaliers

Shooting Guard

Salary: $1,997,238

Cap Hit: $1,997,238

Years of Service

: 3

2023-24 Year of Service Earned

: Yes

BORN: May 15, 1996

BIRTHPLACE: Bountiful, Utah, United States

NATIONALITY:

United States

HEIGHT:

6' 4

193cm

WEIGHT:

205lbs

93kg

AGE: 27

SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT YEAR: 2020

DRAFTED OVERALL: 60

DRAFT ROUND: 2

DRAFTED BY: NOP

AGENT DETAILS

Agency:Priority Sports Entertainment

Primary Agent:Kieran Piller

Secondary Agent:Mark Bartelstein

SUMMARY▴▾

Sam Merrill's salary is $1,997,238 for the 2023-24 season. He is a 27 year old shooting guard who was born on May 15, 1996. He was drafted 60th overall by the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2nd round of the 2020 draft. He has signed 4 contracts worth a total value of $11,367,372. He will be a UFA at the end of the 2024-25 season when he is 29 years old. He is represented by the agents Kieran Piller and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports Entertainment.

Bird Rights: Bird (QVFA) [2025 projection]

CURRENT CONTRACT

Length: 3 years

Value: $5,012,231

Guaranteed: $2,847,238 (57%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $1,670,744

Cap %

: 1.00

Signing Team:

CLE

Signing Method: MLE

Signing Date: March 14, 2023

Source: SalarySwish

Sam Merrill signed a 3 year, $5,012,231 contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Mar 14, 2023. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $850,000 to $2,164,993.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2022-23	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	$0	$0
2023-24	$1,997,238	$1,997,238 (+135%)	$1,997,238 (0→2.00M)	$0	$0
2024-25	$2,164,993	$2,164,993 (+20%)	$0	$0	$0
TOTAL	$5,012,231	$5,012,231	$2,847,238	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2025-26: $4,113,487

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2023-24: Increase from $0 to $1,997,238 (+$1,997,238) if player is not waived before Jan 10, 2024 [Requirements Met]

2024-25: Increase from $0 to $2,164,993 (+$2,164,993) if player is not waived before Jan 10, 2025 [Decision Pending]

CONTRACT HISTORY

Length: 2 years

Value: $2,416,291

Guaranteed: $2,416,291 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA (Waived)

AAV

: $1,208,146

Cap %

: 0.82

Signing Team:

MIL

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: November 30, 2020

Source: SalarySwish

Sam Merrill signed a 2 year, $2,416,291 contract with the Milwaukee Bucks on Nov 30, 2020. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $898,310 to $1,517,981.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2020-21	$898,310	$898,310	$898,310	$0	$0
2021-22 W	$1,517,981	$1,517,981 (+69%)	$1,517,981 (500k→1.52M)	$0	$0
TOTAL	$2,416,291	$2,416,291	$2,416,291	$0	$0

Qualifying Offer: $2,102,133

Cap Hold 2022-23: $1,836,090

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2021-22: Increase from $500,000 to $1,517,981 (+$1,017,981) if player is not waived [Requirements Met]

WAIVED: This contract was waived (

MEM - Jan 1, 2022)

DEAD CAP: This contract is a source of dead cap, refer to the Dead Cap section below for details

Length: 2 years

Value: $3,833,328

Guaranteed: $150,000 (4%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $1,916,664

Cap %

: 1.48

Signing Team:

SAC

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: August 12, 2022

Source: SalarySwish

Sam Merrill signed a 2 year, $3,833,328 contract with the Sacramento Kings on Aug 12, 2022. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $1,836,090 to $1,997,238.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2022-23 W	$1,836,090	$1,836,090	$150,000	$0	$0
2023-24 W	$1,997,238	$1,997,238 (+9%)	$0	$0	$0
TOTAL	$3,833,328	$3,833,328	$150,000	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2023-24: $2,019,706

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2022-23: Increase from $150,000 to $1,836,090 (+$1,686,090) if player is not waived [Requirements Unmet]

2023-24: Increase from $0 to $1,997,238 (+$1,997,238) if player is not waived before Jun 29, 2023 [Requirements Unmet]

WAIVED: This contract was waived (

SAC - Oct 15, 2022)

DEAD CAP: This contract is a source of dead cap, refer to the Dead Cap section below for details

Length: 1 year

Value: $105,522

Guaranteed: $105,522 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $105,522

Cap %

: 0.09

Signing Team:

CLE

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: March 3, 2023

Source: SalarySwish

Sam Merrill signed a 1 year, $105,522 contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Mar 3, 2023. The contract has a cap hit of $105,522.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2022-23			$105,522	$105,522	$105,522	$0	$0
TOTAL			$105,522	$105,522	$105,522	$0	$0

CONTRACT EXPIRES: Mar 13, 2023

DEAD CAP

TYPE: WAIVERS

TEAM:

Memphis Grizzlies

LENGTH: 1 YEAR
VALUE: $1,517,981
DATE: January 1, 2021

SEASON		BASE SALARY	CAP HIT
2021-22		$1,517,981	$1,517,981

Note: Waived by Memphis Grizzlies

TYPE: WAIVERS

TEAM:

Sacramento Kings

LENGTH: 1 YEAR
VALUE: $150,000
DATE: October 15, 2022

SEASON		BASE SALARY	CAP HIT
2022-23		$150,000	$150,000

Note: Waived by Sacramento Kings

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

Season	Type	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2023-24	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	61	1	1069	485	393	158	40.2	354	143	40.4	28	26	92.9	22	98	120	108	19	4
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	6	0	66	17	15	5	33.3	14	5	35.7	2	2	100.0	1	6	7	7	0	0
2023-24	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	61	1	17.5	8.0	2.6	6.4	40.2	2.3	5.8	40.4	0.4	0.5	92.9	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.8	0.3	0.1
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	6	0	11.0	2.8	0.8	2.5	33.3	0.8	2.3	35.7	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0

CAREER STATS

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TOTAL

Season	Type	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2020-21	Regular	Milwaukee Bucks	30	2	233	89	72	32	44.4	47	21	44.7	4	4	100.0	6	24	30	21	8	1
	Playoffs	Milwaukee Bucks	8	0	30	5	7	2	28.6	5	1	20.0	0	0	0.0	1	4	5	1	4	0
2021-22	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	6	0	58	25	24	8	33.3	23	7	30.4	4	2	50.0	1	6	7	4	0	0
2022-23	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	5	0	59	25	22	9	40.9	18	5	27.8	2	2	100.0	0	9	9	5	4	0
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	61	1	1069	485	393	158	40.2	354	143	40.4	28	26	92.9	22	98	120	108	19	4
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	6	0	66	17	15	5	33.3	14	5	35.7	2	2	100.0	1	6	7	7	0	0
2020-21	Regular	Milwaukee Bucks	30	2	7.8	3.0	1.1	2.4	44.4	0.7	1.6	44.7	0.1	0.1	100.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0
	Playoffs	Milwaukee Bucks	8	0	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	28.6	0.1	0.6	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.0
2021-22	Regular	Memphis Grizzlies	6	0	9.7	4.2	1.3	4.0	33.3	1.2	3.8	30.4	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
2022-23	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	5	0	11.8	5.0	1.8	4.4	40.9	1.0	3.6	27.8	0.4	0.4	100.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.0
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2023-24	Regular	Cleveland Cavaliers	61	1	17.5	8.0	2.6	6.4	40.2	2.3	5.8	40.4	0.4	0.5	92.9	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.8	0.3	0.1
	Playoffs	Cleveland Cavaliers	6	0	11.0	2.8	0.8	2.5	33.3	0.8	2.3	35.7	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0

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SAM MERRILL #5

Cleveland Cavaliers

Shooting Guard

AGENT DETAILS

SUMMARY▴▾

CURRENT CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT (REST OF SEASON)

CONTRACT HISTORY

ROOKIE CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

10-DAY CONTRACT

DEAD CAP

SALARY PROGRESSION

CURRENT SEASON STATS

CAREER STATS