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Sam Merrill
2025-26

Sam Merrill

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Prime
Age:29
Position:SG
Team:CLE
Games:44
Minutes (Per Game):26.0
Total Minutes:1145
Franchise
Rating
C
47.4*
FR rank #162 (2025-26)

NOTE: Franchise Rating (FR) is not complete for the current season and can change until the season concludes.

  • Franchise Rating (FR) — A measure of how valuable a player is to a franchise given the player's contract value, production, availability, and overall impact both in the regular season and postseason. Scored 0–100, graded D- to S+.
  • Potential Rating (POT) — A measure of how high a player's FR can be: the projected FR ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as FR; shown only for players under 25. POT blends the legacy formula (45%) with the Performance Potential Score / PPS from per-100 stats (55%).

Season Badges

  • Peak — Career-high OVR season (only one per player, once decline from that peak is visible).
  • Prime — One of the three seasons in the player's best 3-year stretch by average OVR.
  • Lookout — A or better Potential Rating (POT) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 FR — Ranked #1 in the league in Franchise Rating that season.
  • #1 POT — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Rating that season.

Score Thresholds for Each Grade (FR and POT Share the Same 0–100 Scale):

FR = Franchise Rating  |  POT = Potential Rating

S+
FR/POT: ≥95
S
FR/POT: 90–94
A+
FR/POT: 85–89
A
FR/POT: 80–84
A-
FR/POT: 75–79
B+
FR/POT: 70–74
B
FR/POT: 60–69
B-
FR/POT: 55–59
C+
FR/POT: 50–54
C
FR/POT: 45–49
C-
FR/POT: 40–44
D+
FR/POT: 35–39
D
FR/POT: 30–34
D-
FR/POT: <30
Points 12.8
Rebounds 2.4
Assists 2.3
Steals 0.6
Blocks 0.2
Field Goal Pct 46.9%
Field Goals Made 4.3
Field Goals Attempted 9.2
Three Point Pct 44.2%
Three Pointers Made 3.2
Three Pointers Attempted 7.2
Free Throw Pct 84.6%
Free Throws Made 1.0
Free Throws Attempted 1.2
Turnovers 0.8
Personal Fouls 2.5
Win Shares 3.2
True Shooting Pct 66.0%
Player Efficiency Rating 13.8
Usage Pct 16.9%
Box Plus Minus 0.5
Value Over Replacement Player 0.7

Misc

Year of Experience 6
Potential Win Shares 5.1
Reg. Win Burden % 7.5%

Impact

Reg. Season ISR 60.2
Reg. Season ICS (%) 5.4%

ROI

Salary $8,482,144
Overpay Index 0.63
Contract Value Rating 10/10

Performance

Performance Rating 58.1· Rank #157

Availability

Cap Hole $3,196,170
Availability % 62.9%
Cap Wasted % 2.00%