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Sam Merrill
2025-26

Sam Merrill

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Prime
Age:29
Position:SG
Team:CLE
Games:40
Minutes (Per Game):25.9
Total Minutes:1035.0
Player
Index
C
47.3*
Rank #168 (2025-26)

NOTE: The Player Index is not complete for the current season and can change until the season concludes.

  • Player Index (PLI) — 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 Index (POI) — A measure of how high a player's PLI can be: the player's projected PLI ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as PLI; shown only for players under 25. POI 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 Index (POI) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 PLI — Ranked #1 in the league in Player Index that season.
  • #1 POI — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Index that season.

Score thresholds for each grade (PLI and POI share the same 0–100 scale):

PLI = Player Index  |  POI = Potential Index

S+
PLI/POI: ≥95
S
PLI/POI: 90–94
A+
PLI/POI: 85–89
A
PLI/POI: 80–84
A-
PLI/POI: 75–79
B+
PLI/POI: 70–74
B
PLI/POI: 60–69
B-
PLI/POI: 55–59
C+
PLI/POI: 50–54
C
PLI/POI: 45–49
C-
PLI/POI: 40–44
D+
PLI/POI: 35–39
D
PLI/POI: 30–34
D-
PLI/POI: <30
Points 12.9
Rebounds 2.3
Assists 2.2
Steals 0.6
Blocks 0.1
Field Goal Pct 47.1%
Field Goals Made 4.3
Field Goals Attempted 9.1
Three Point Pct 45.4%
Three Pointers Made 3.3
Three Pointers Attempted 7.3
Free Throw Pct 85.4%
Free Throws Made 1.0
Free Throws Attempted 1.2
Turnovers 0.9
Personal Fouls 2.6
Win Shares 2.9
True Shooting Pct 66.9%
Player Efficiency Rating 13.9
Usage Pct 17.1%
Box Plus Minus 0.5
Value Over Replacement Player 0.7

HooperIndex

Potential Win Shares 5.1
Reg. Win Burden % 7.3%

HooperImpact

Reg. Season ISR 61.3
Reg. Season ICS (%) 5.5%

HooperROI

Salary $8,482,144
Overpay Index 0.66
Contract Value Rating 10/10

NBA Comparison Tool

Overall Score 57.7

HooperJourney

Reg. Season Score 41.9
Season Score 41.9
Years Experience 6

NBA CapHole Tracker

Cap Hole $0
Availability % 61.5%
Cap Wasted % 0.00%