Heat Sign Pelle Larsson to Contract Extension

MIAMI, FL – The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed guard Pelle Larsson to a contract extension. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

OFFICIAL: The Miami HEAT have signed guard Pelle Larsson to a contract extension. pic.twitter.com/5ehaKV0N16

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) September 22, 2026

Larsson appeared in 70 games (54 starts) last season with the HEAT and averaged 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 26.4 minutes while shooting 49.6 percent from the field. He tied for the team lead in charges taken and finished third in assists, free throws made and dunks. He led the team in scoring four times, steals 10 times, minutes and assists seven times each, plus/minus on six occasions and blocks five times. Larsson scored in double-figures 42 times, doing so in a career-long nine consecutive games from Match 5 through March 21. He posted eight 20-point games, including a career-high 28-point performance vs. Milwaukee on March 12. Additionally, he dished out a career-high nine assists, without a single turnover, at Sacramento on January 20.

Larsson recently appeared in four games with Sweden at the 2026 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers this summer averaging a team-leading 26.0 points after scoring 19 against Czechia, 31 against Slovenia, 31 against Finland and 23 against France. He also helped Sweden reach the knockout round for the first time in history during the FIBA EuroBasket 2025.

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