<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-explains-how-pelle-larsson-took-a-step-forward-after-rookie-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Erik Spoelstra explains how Pelle Larsson took a step forward after rookie season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pelle-Larsson-on-Nov.-12-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra explains how Pelle Larsson took a step forward after rookie season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-02T18:14:51-07:00">October 2nd, 6:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-02T18:14:51-07:00">October 2nd, 6:14pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-terry-rozier-is-ready-for-2025-26-season-despite-federal-investigation">Miami Heat get ready for the upcoming 2025-26 season</a>, head coach Erik Spoelstra and the rest of the staff will be looking for big jumps from the young core on the team. While fans are looking forward to the second season of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-kelel-ware-drops-honest-take-on-chance-to-start-for-miami">Heat’s first-round pick from 2024 in Kel’el Ware,</a> the second-round selection in Pelle Larsson is also in line for a huge role.</p><p>It was a busy summer for Larsson as, besides Nikola Jovic and Simone Fontecchio, he represented his country of Sweden in the EuroBasket tournament. Besides also competing with Miami in the Summer League, the experiences of the offseason coming off a standout season <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1973862100750774359" rel="noopener">are going to prove dividends</a>, as explained by Spoelstra.</p><p>“It’s all the experiences that he had this summer, preparing for Summer League,” Spoelstra said to ClutchPoints after Thursday’s training camp session at Florida Atlantic University. “He was very diligent in June, competing in games in the Summer League and doing the training camp. His minutes were really good. That’s what I looked at. He was able to impact winning in the games that he played and the minutes that he played, and he also was stepping forward as a leader, being more vocal.”</p><p>“I think that’s kind of naturally his competitive personality,” Spoelstra continued. “And then, of course, if you do anything at that level, playing in Eurobasket, it’s equivalent to playoff level. It means that much to all those teams. I just always think it’s a great experience for American players or foreign players; those are amazing tournaments, very competitive.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Erik Spoelstra about the benefits of Pelle Larsson playing overseas in the summer and how that can be translated into the NBA season with Miami: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/NfdIAC4IIg">pic.twitter.com/NfdIAC4IIg</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1973862100750774359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Larsson would say during Monday’s media day that he learned a lot from playing in EuroBasket, which was also a time in building a deeper connection with his head coach.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Pelle Larsson on his experience in EuroBasket with Erik Spoelstra</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pelle-Larsson-on-April-7-2025.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Navarro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With fans predicting which <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-player-who-will-shock-world-with-breakout-2025-26-season">Heat player will break out this season,</a> Larsson is determined to solidify a place in the rotation as he provides a defensive intensity that fits Spoelstra’s scheme, which also has some upside on offense. His game was shown during EuroBasket with Sweden, which gave Spoelstra the chance to make the trip and visit Larsson <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1972730197142098377" rel="noopener">to hang out with his family.</a></p><p>“It just shows that he cares a lot about this team and his players that are on this team, and you want to be successful with the guys that are here,” Larsson said during Monday’s media day about Spoelstra watching him and meeting his family. “So it means a lot, and also means a lot for the Swedish Federation to have, like, a coach with championships and all that experience to come and show interest and then to get to know him.”</p><p>“It was great, like, I haven’t talked that much to him off the court, like during the whole season, because you just don’t have time,” Larsson continued. “So it was great to just have some real, person-to-person time.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Full comments from Pelle Larsson about entering in his second season, his EuroBasket experience, and me asking about hanging out with Erik Spoelstra. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/qHt8eC3FJn">pic.twitter.com/qHt8eC3FJn</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1972730197142098377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, Larsson looks to make a jump in his second year in the NBA after playing in 55 games, where he averaged 4.6 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game while shooting 43.8 percent from the field and 33.7 percent from beyond the arc. The Arizona product will continue to improve in training camp before the preseason opener on Saturday in Puerto Rico against the Orlando Magic.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra explains how Pelle Larsson took a step forward after rookie season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/exclusive-how-pelle-larssons-work-ethic-has-embodied-heat-culture');   ga('set', 'title', 'Exclusive: How Pelle Larsson’s work ethic has embodied Heat culture');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/How-Pelle-Larssons-work-ethic-has-embodied-Heat-culture.jpg"></figure><h1>Exclusive: How Pelle Larsson’s work ethic has embodied Heat culture</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-22T18:38:26-08:00">November 22nd, 6:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-22T18:49:26-08:00">November 22nd, 6:49pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – It was an interesting sight Friday after practice where <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Miami Heat captain Bam Adebayo</a> was <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860009267543277843" rel="noopener">running one-on-ones</a> with rookie Pelle Larsson, a sign that the rookie has already built camaraderie within the team. As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-sends-message-to-rookie-draft-selections-amid-lack-of-minutes">Heat’s second-round selection looks for more playing time</a>, he discusses the work he’s putting in to force the team to give him minutes.</p><p>“It’s really good,” Larsson said on the process of building relationships with his Miami teammates. “I think every day more and more, you spend a lot of time with each other, especially on this past road trip we were gone like two weeks, so you got nothing but time with each other. So, yeah, definitely getting closer to everyone.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo and Pelle Larsson 1 v 1. Bam got the best of the rookie.</p><p>Just now, Pelle stripped Bam of the ball, good play. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/kwHgW2HCqP">pic.twitter.com/kwHgW2HCqP</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860009267543277843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br>Drafted out of the University of Arizona, Larsson has already shown spurts of being a productive role player on the team, but as with any rookie, they have to earn the opportunity. However, the 23-year-old understands the process and embraces the stance of staying “prepared” when the time comes.</p></figure><p>“It’s learning how to always be prepared,” Larsson said. “You don’t know if you’re going to get in a game or if you’re gonna get to play 25, so you just gotta be ready when they put you in. And that’s something I’m working on and gonna have a lot of use of in my career.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Pelle Larsson on relationship with fellow rookie Kel’el Ware</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pelle-Larsson-on-Nov.-12-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>So far this season, there were some games where the Swedish basketball player didn’t log any playing time, but there had been a four-game stretch from Nov. 2 to Nov. 8 where he played extended minutes. In two of those contests, he would even play more than 20 minutes.</p><p>Another <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-highlights-kelel-wares-development-amid-sparse-playing-time">Heat rookie looking for more playing time is Kel’el Ware,</a> who was selected in the first round before Larsson. Both have been along on the journey together, even impressing during the Summer League as they built up immense chemistry.</p><p>Besides having a relationship on the court, Larsson would even talk about how they are “really good friends.”</p><p>“I mean, we’re really good friends. Me and Kel’el, we’ve been through a lot together already, and like, we share so many experiences with this new rookie season and NBA and everything,” Larsson said. “So he’s just a really good guy, and he wants to learn, get better. And, I mean, he’s learning a lot from playing behind Bam [Adebayo], especially. But yeah, he’s just a really good guy, good values, does his s*** right.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Pelle Larsson puts the team first</b></h2><p>He has been praised many times by Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra, even to the point where he called him an “elite role player” earlier in the season. There is no doubt that Larsson has already embraced the “Heat Culture,” as when asked about his individual goals for the rest of the season, he would focus more so on the team stacking up more wins.</p><p>“You know, we got to get back to winning,” Larsson said. “That is the biggest goal right now, we want to string a couple together, make us feel good because we’ve had some good games and lost a lot of close ones and won a few close ones. So that’s probably how we’re going to play a lot of teams, you know, tight games, just how the way we play and how the game goes. So come up with a few more of those, and, you know, I’ll tell you more in two weeks what the goal is. But right now, that’s the goal.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra on the competitive spirit of Pelle Larsson</b></h2><p>Even though the playing time is not there yet, it seems to be more consistent as the season goes along, judging by how highly the rookie is talked about. When Spoelstra was asked about working out with Adebayo after practice, <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860044352497811484" rel="noopener">he wasn’t the least bit surprised.</a></p><p>“He’s another great worker, he’s a competitor,” Spoelstra said to ClutchPoints. “So if anybody is playing one-on-one after practice, Pelle is gonna get involved in it. That’s centers, it could be the guards, could be the wings. He just can’t get enough of it, and then when he’s done with that. Then he’s gonna go in the weight room, and he’s gonna get extra shooting in. You know, he’s a guy, he’s young enough right now we don’t have to monitor it, but at some point, you have to monitor his workloads, but it’s a good thing, though, I like it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Erik Spoelstra about Pelle Larsson and how he’s getting quickly acclimated with everyone as it’s cited with his post-practice work with Bam Adebayo.</p><p>“He’s a competitor, so if anyone is playing one-on-one after practice, Pelle is going to get involved in it…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/RqvBfMMGO8">pic.twitter.com/RqvBfMMGO8</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860044352497811484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-heat-takeaways-from-exciting-win-vs-76ers">Heat are coming off a win over the Philadelphia 76ers</a> last Monday as they’re 6-7, which puts them fifth in the Eastern Conference. Miami looks to win two straight against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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4.0	1.0	-	-	0.5

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