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Merrill rehabbing with an eye to return to the NBA – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State’s Sam Merrill plays against Wyoming during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Mountain West Conference men’s tournament Friday, March 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) LOGAN – Being a back-to-back-to-back champion is hard to do in any sport. Not for Sam Merrill, though. Sam has made a living of doing the impossible and overcoming adversity. The former Utah State Aggie and Mountain West Player of the Year will now have to do it again. Sam, a two time Mountain West Conference Champion and NBA Champion joined The Full Court Press on 106.9 The FAN recently to talk about his recent ankle surgery. The surgery was needed due to what he called a “series of chronic ankle sprains” all on the same ankle and the most recent coming in November of 2021. The surgery was to get a bone spur removed and ligaments reconstructed on both sides of his ankle, something that he said is “pretty rare.” It’s about a four to five month rehab, and he is staying in Memphis for rehab. For Sam, this is a bump in the road in what seemed like a smooth road for quite a

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