File – Cleveland Cavaliers guard Sam Merrill (5) Dribbelt the ball along Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin, left, during the first half of game 3 in the semi -final of the Eastern Conference of the NBA Basketball Playoffs in Indianapolis, 9 May 2025.)
Cleveland – The Cleveland Cavaliers have a few well -known players the next NBA season.
The cavs announced on Sunday that they again signed Sam Merrill for a four -year contract and Larry Nance Jr. Returned for a second stint for a one -year -old deal.
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Merrill on average 7.2 points and made 137 3-Pointers in 71 games last season. The fifth -year guard had 27 points and nine 3s on 2 February in Dallas.
Merrill was the last choice in the 2020 design of New Orleans before he joined the Cavaliers in March 2023.
Merrill’s retention became a priority after Ty Jerome agreed to deal with Memphis.
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Nance spent parts of four seasons with the CAVS from 2018 to ’21. He appeared in 182 games, including 76 starts, and on average 9.5 points and 7.5 rebounds. The 6-foot-8 forward/center was also part of the last NBA Finals team in Cleveland in 2018.
Nance played for Atlanta last season and an average of 8.5 points and 4.3 rebounds in 24 games with three starts. He was the 27th general choice of the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA design of 2015 and also visited Portland and New Orleans during his 10-year career.
The nances are one of only two families in the NBA history that three members let play for the same franchise. Larry Nance Sr. Was with Cleveland from 1988-94 and Pete Nance played there from 2023-24.
Nance Jr. Will again wear no. 22 with the cavs, the same number worn by his father, who was retired in 1995.
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Ball gives Cleveland a veteran point guard. Darius Garland will probably miss the start of the regular season after having undergone an operation on his left big toe earlier this month.
Ball on average 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 35 games last season after missing the campaigns 2022-23 and 2023-24 due to a left knee injury. The 27-year-old ball underwent a meniscus and cartilage transplantation in his left knee in March 2023 after two operations had not resolved no injury that he sustained during his first season in Chicago in 2021-22.
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He has left for another year on his contract with a team option for the 2026-27 season.
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