Sam Merrill has had quite the NBA journey. In 2021, he became an NBA champion with the Milwaukee Bucks. After that, he bounced around the G League, hoping for a shot on an NBA roster. The Cleveland Cavaliers gave him that chance during the 2022-23 season, and Merrill hasn’t looked back.
The sixth-year guard has shown steady improvement over the last few seasons, both as a shooter, and as a defender. Merrill used to get picked on constantly on the defensive end. It was part of the reason why he could never crack J.B. Bickerstaff’s nightly rotation consistently when he was coach.