PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Career Transactions

Was drafted in the second round (44th overall) of the 2024 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks…his draft rights and cash considerations were acquired by the HEAT from the Hawks on June 27, 2024 in exchange for the draft rights to Nikola Djurisic (43rd overall in the 2024 NBA Draft) in a three-team trade in which Atlanta also sent AJ Griffin to the Houston Rockets for the 44th pick in the draft…signed by the HEAT on July 2, 2024.

2024-25 SEASON:

Appeared in 55 games (eight starts) for the HEAT and averaged 4.6 points (.438 FG%, .672 FT%), 1.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 14.2 minutes…missed a total of seven games due to injury and was a DNP-CD on 20 occasions…sat out four games with a sprained right ankle from Dec. 7-16 and another three from Apr. 9-13…among NBA rookies he ranked 29th in minutes played, 31st in points and 32nd in total rebounds…topped the HEAT in plus/minus nine times, steals eight times and blocks twice…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench once and also led the HEAT reserves in plus/minus 14 times, steals 12 times, minutes and rebounds four times each, assists three times and blocks twice…scored in double figures nine times, including a season-high three consecutive games from Mar. 29-Apr. 2…made his NBA debut on Oct. 23 in the season-opener vs. Orlando and had two points and a steal in 6:15 of action…made his first NBA start on Jan. 23 at Milwaukee and had four points and five rebounds in 13:43 of action…started the only game (Feb. 2 at Austin) he played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League and had a team-high 21 points, four rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block in 38 minutes…NBA Season Highs: 16 points (twice), seven rebounds (at Washington, Mar. 31), six assists (vs. L.A. Lakers, Dec. 4), four steals (twice), two blocks (twice) and 39:07 minutes (vs. Milwaukee, Apr. 5).

PLAYOFFS:

2025: Came off the bench in all four games in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Cleveland and averaged 5.0 points (.533 FG%, .333 FT%), 2.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 13.0 minutes…topped the HEAT in plus/minus once…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench once and also led the HEAT reserves in rebounds and assists once each…scored in double figures once…recorded postseason career highs in points (12), rebounds (5), assists (3) and minutes (23:18) in Game 4 on Apr. 28…made his postseason debut in Game 1 at Cleveland on Apr. 20, going scoreless in 1:23 of action.

INTERNATIONAL:

2025: Started all five games for Sweden at FIBA Eurobasket, averaging 18.8 points (.455 FG%, .762 FT%), 4.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.20 steals and 28.4 minutes…missed the group stage contest vs. Germany (Aug. 30) with an illness…helped Sweden reach the knockout round for the first time in history…in group play, his 19.8 points per game led all players in Group B…scored in double figures in all five games, including two games with at least 20 points…achieved tournament-highs in points and rebounds in a 28-point, seven-rebound performance against Montenegro on Sept. 1.

BEFORE NBA

Played three seasons at Arizona after transferring from the University of Utah…appeared in 133 career collegiate games (74 starts) and averaged 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 26.1 minutes while shooting 49 percent from the field, 39.7 percent from three-point range and 81.3 percent from the foul line…was the only player in the nation to record at least 1,200 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 100 steals while shooting at least 49 percent from the field and 39 percent from three-point range during his four-year (2020-24) college career…finished his Wildcat career with 1,277 points, becoming the 55th player in school history to score at least 1,000 career points…as a senior, appeared in 36 games (all starts) and averaged 12.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 30.1 minutes while shooting 51.9 percent from the field, 42.6 percent from three-point range and 75 percent from the foul line…was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team and the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll…named Pac-12 Player of the Week once…scored in double-figures 27 times, including four 20-point games…posted career highs in scoring average, assists, steals, field goal percentage and three-point field goals made while also leading the team in plus/minus (+412)…as a junior, appeared in 35 games (18 starts) and averaged 9.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 27.5 minutes while shooting 47.2 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from three-point range and a team-leading 83.5 percent from the foul line…named to the NABC Honors Court…had a streak of 36-straight made free throws, just three short from tying the all-time school record…finished second on the team in assists and was third in the conference for free throw percentage and eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75)…scored in double-figures 18 times…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice…posted a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double vs. Nicholls on Nov. 7…grabbed the offensive rebound that led to the game-winning three-point basket in the Pac-12 Tournament Championship Game vs. UCLA on Mar. 11…as a sophomore, appeared in 37 games (two starts) and averaged 7.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 20.7 minutes while shooting 47.8 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from three-point range and 81.3 percent from the foul line…was named the Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year…was just one of three Wildcats to shoot at least 80 percent from the charity stripe…scored in double-figures nine times…connected on multiple three-point field goals eight times, including at least three on four occasions…scored a season-high 17 points vs. Sacramento State on Nov. 27…as a freshman at Utah, appeared in 25 games (18 starts) and averaged 8.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 26.5 minutes while shooting 46.7 percent from the field, 46.3 percent from three-point range and 88.3 percent from the foul line…finished second in the conference in free throw percentage and third in three-point field goal percentage…scored in double-figures nine times, including a season-high 15 points twice…connected on multiple three-point field goals six times.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Pelle Gustav Gösta Larsson…his first name is pronounced Pell-UH…is the son of Christian and Frida Larsson…his father played professional basketball in Sweden and spent time on the Swedish National Team …has an older brother, Vilgot, who played collegiately at the University of Maine…graduated from Arizona where he majored in Applied Humanities with an emphasis in Business Administration…hometown is Nacka, Sweden…hit the game-winning field goal in overtime against Memphis in the 2024 NBA Las Vegas Summer League championship game to give Miami its first Las Vegas Summer League title…was a college teammate for one season at Arizona with current teammate Keshad Johnson…prior to college, he played for RIG Luleå and BC Luleå in Sweden…earned the Swedish League’s Star of the Year honor in 2019-20…played with the Sweden U18 team at the FIBA U18 European Championships in Romania, earning All-Tournament Team honors…competed for the Swedish National Team at the FIBA World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers…in his free time he enjoys playing golf, video games and spending time with friends…wears size 14 sneakers.

Pelle Larsson

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