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Samuel Hoskins Merrill (born May 15, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Utah State Aggies.

Sam Merrill

Merrill shooting a free throw during his tenure with the Aggies
No. 5 – Cleveland Charge
Position	Shooting guard
League	NBA G League
Personal information
Born	(1996-05-15) May 15, 1996 (age 26) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school	Bountiful (Bountiful, Utah)
College	Utah State (2016–2020)
NBA draft	2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 60th overall
Selected by the New Orleans Pelicans
Playing career	2020–present
Career history
2020–2021	Milwaukee Bucks
2021	→Memphis Hustle
2021–2022	Memphis Grizzlies
2021	→Memphis Hustle
2022–present	Cleveland Charge
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2021) AP Honorable Mention All-American (2019) Mountain West Player of the Year (2019) 2× First-team All-Mountain West (2019, 2020) Third-team All-Mountain West (2018) 2× Mountain West tournament MVP (2019, 2020)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Early life and high school career

Merrill is the son of John and Jenny Merrill and has an older sister Molli. He grew up in Bountiful, Utah, and attended Bountiful High School. He became a starter as a sophomore at the midpoint in the season and averaged 6.5 points per game and 2.6 assists. As a junior, Merrill averaged 18.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game and was named first-team all-state by the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune. He posted 15.8 points, 7.4 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game as a senior and led Bountiful to a 4A state title. Merrill was recruited by Stanford and Princeton but committed to Utah State.[1]

College career

Merrill went on a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to Nicaragua before his freshman year at Utah State. When he returned, head coach Stew Morrill retired and was replaced by Tim Duryea.[2] Merrill posted 9.4 points per game as a freshman.[3]

In his sophomore season, Merrill averaged 16.3 points per game.[3] He was named to the Third–team All-Mountain West.[2] Merrill married soccer player Kanyan Ward in May 2018.[3]

As a junior, Merrill averaged 20.9 points, 4.2 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game. He shot 46.1 percent from the floor, 37.6 percent from behind the arc and 90.9 percent from the free throw line. Merrill led Utah State to a Mountain West tournament championship, securing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. He was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and Mountain West tournament MVP as well as AP Honorable Mention All-American.[4] Merrill had a career-high 38 points on March 5, 2019, in a 100–96 overtime victory over Colorado State.[3]

In the season opener of his senior year, Merrill had 28 points to help the Aggies defeat Montana State 81–73.[5] On February 11, versus Colorado State, Merrill eclipsed the 2,000-point mark for his career and passed Wayne Estes for third on the school’s all-time scoring list.[6] He finished with 32 points and five assists in a 75–72 win.[7] At the conclusion of the regular season, Merrill was named to the First Team All-Mountain West.[8] Merrill led Utah State to another Mountain West tournament championship, securing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and was named Mountain West tournament MVP. The tournament was canceled soon after his final game where he scored 27 points in a 59–56 upset of San Diego State in the tournament final and hit the game-winning three-pointer with 2.5 seconds remaining.[9]

Professional career

Milwaukee Bucks (2020–2021)

On November 18, 2020, Merrill was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans as the final pick of the 2020 NBA draft.

On November 24, Merrill was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a four-team trade, involving the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets.[10] He was assigned to the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League to start the G League season, making his Hustle debut on February 10, 2021. In the regular season he played in 30 games for the Bucks and started two while averaging 3.0 points 1.0 rebound and shot 44.7% from three, in 7.8 minutes per game.[11] On the Bucks playoff run Merrill appeared in 8 games averaging 3.8 minutes and 0.6 points and rebounds per game.[12] Merrill ended his rookie season as an NBA champion when the Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns in 6 games of the 2021 NBA Finals.

Memphis Grizzlies (2021–2022)

On August 7, 2021, Merrill was traded, along with two future second-round picks, to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Grayson Allen.[13] On January 1, 2022, he was waived.[14] Merrill averaged 4.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game in 6 games for the Grizzlies. [15]

Cleveland Charge (2022–present)

On August 13, 2022, Merrill signed with the Sacramento Kings.[16] He was waived prior to the start of the season.

On October 24, 2022, Merrill joined the Cleveland Charge training camp roster.[17] He was the No. 1 overall in the G-League draft two days earlier.[18]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
†	Won an NBA championship

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2020–21†	Milwaukee	30	2	7.8	.444	.447	1.000	1.0	.7	.3	.0	3.0
2021–22	Memphis	6	0	9.7	.333	.304	.500	1.2	.7	.0	.0	4.2
Career		36	2	8.1	.417	.400	.750	1.0	.7	.2	.0	3.2

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Utah State	31	18	26.2	.450	.451	.878	3.0	3.2	.9	.2	9.1
2017–18	Utah State	34	33	35.4	.504	.464	.849	3.3	3.1	1.0	.2	16.3
2018–19	Utah State	35	35	35.3	.461	.376	.909	3.9	4.2	1.1	.3	20.9
2019–20	Utah State	32	32	35.0	.461	.410	.893	4.1	3.9	.9	.1	19.7
Career		132	118	33.1	.470	.420	.891	3.6	3.6	1.0	.2	16.6

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com
• Utah State Aggies bio

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Samuel Hoskins "Sam" Merrill (Salt Lake City, Utah; 15 de mayo de 1996) es un baloncestista estadounidense que pertenece a la plantilla de los Sacramento Kings de la NBA. Con 1,93 metros de estatura, juega en la posición de escolta.

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