Pelle Larsson is sticking around in Miami on a much bigger deal.
The Heat have agreed to a four-year, $60 million extension with the Swedish wing, according to agents Austin Brown and Steven Heumann, who relayed the agreement to Shams Charania of ESPN. The new contract will replace the path Larsson had been on toward restricted free agency in 2027.
Larsson was set to make $2.3 million this season after Miami picked up his team option in June. Instead of waiting for the market, the Heat locked him in on a four-year extension that includes a mutual option for the 2030/31 season, meaning both the player and the team will have a say on that final year, per Charania.
Miami originally brought Larsson in after selecting him 44th overall in the 2024 draft and then landing his rights in a draft-night trade with Houston. He had signed a three-year minimum-salary deal coming out of the draft, but his value has climbed fast.
The contract reportedly starts at around $13.5 million in 2027/28 and uses an ascending structure, according to Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. Keith Smith of Spotrac noted that the deal comes in below the projected non-taxpayer mid-level exception for ’27/28. Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald added that it looks comparable to the four-year, $62.4 million rookie scale extension Nikola Jovic signed with the Heat last year.
It also sits in the same neighborhood as recent deals for Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Quentin Grimes. Alexander-Walker got four years and $60.6 million in 2025, while Grimes landed four years and $60 million in 2026.
Larsson’s rise in Miami has been steady and then some. As a rookie in 2024/25, he played 55 regular-season games and averaged 4.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 14.2 minutes per night.
In his second season, he became a far more important part of the rotation. He appeared in 70 games in ’25/26, starting 54 of them, and put up 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists while shooting .496/.323/.797 in 26.4 minutes per game.
Head coach Erik Spoelstra repeatedly praised Larsson last season for the kind of work that doesn’t always show up in a highlight package: the dirty work, the unselfish plays, the winning plays. Charania called the 25-year-old guard/forward a “foundational piece” and said he is expected to have a “major rotation role” in 2026/27.
Larsson is also the top player for Sweden’s national team, and he delivered several strong performances for his country during World Cup qualifying games this summer.
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