Player Comparison
| Sam Merrill | Merrill | Taj Gibson | Gibson |
| Profile | Profile | Profile |
| Mock | 2020 | 2009 |
| Big Board | | |
| Position | SG | PF |
| Team | Utah State | USC |
| Year | Senior | Junior |
| Height | 6'5" | 6'9.75" |
| Weight | 205 lbs | 214 lbs |
| Wingspan | | 7'4" WINGSPAN |
| Draft Age | 24.09 yrs | 23.98 yrs |
| Games | 32 | 35 |
| Minutes | 35.0 | 33.7 |
| Sam Merrill | Merrill | Taj Gibson | Gibson |
| Stats Below are Per-36-Minutes |
| Points | 20.2 | 15.3 |
| Rebounds | 4.2 | 9.6 |
| Assists | 4.0 | 1.3 |
| Blocks | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Steals | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Turnovers | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Fouls | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| Sam Merrill | Merrill | Taj Gibson | Gibson |
| FG | 6.3-13.6 | 5.8-9.6 |
| FG% | .461 | .601 |
| 3P | 2.9-7.0 | |
| 3P% | .410 | |
| FT | 4.8-5.4 | 3.7-5.6 |
| FT% | .893 | .659 |
| Sam Merrill | Merrill | Taj Gibson | Gibson |
| TS% | .625 | .621 |
| EFG% | .566 | .601 |
| 3PA Rate | .513 | .000 |
| FTA Rate | .397 | .576 |
| PROJ NBA3 | .394 | .312 |
| Sam Merrill | Merrill | Taj Gibson | Gibson |
| USG% | 24.9 | |
| PER | 25.0 | |
| OWS/40 | .186 | .129 |
| DWS/40 | .071 | .129 |
| WS/40 | .254 | .261 |
| ORTG | 129.7 | |
| DRTG | 96.3 | |
| OBPM | 7.6 | |
| DBPM | 2.4 | |
| BPM | 9.9 | |