Miami Heat 2026 Improvement Series: Pelle Larsson | Five on the Floor
In the first of a series of offseason episodes, Brady Hawk joins Ethan Skolnick to discuss areas that Pelle Larsson can improve — and Ethan puts his retention chances in perspective.
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4 Comments
Pelle probably took the biggest leap out of all the young players considering his impact last season and being a second rounder. Jaime had already had an excellent rookie season but a terrible sophmore yr so this season was a bounceback not really a leap
I like the announcer at the beginning. Now if you were to trim out some of the actual song's intro (the hype talk section) it'd be really tight & you'd have the perfect intro imo!
I super appreciate Pelle & JJJ, but they are 25 year old role players. Don’t elevate them to guys that deserve to be built around because they try so hard like the Heat did with Bam. When you build around role players, like Bam, you miss the playoffs and can’t compete for championships. Only elite skilled players should be built around & the Heat know that better than anyone else & yet they made this huge mistake. Until you find those elite skilled players everything else is moot.
Spot on by Ethan moving pelle to the 2 guard is the answer to size and quite honestly would probably contribute offensively just as much as herro or Powell who both need to go