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Pelle Larsson has proven a lot this offseason, but there may not be a bigger message that he\u2019s sent the Miami Heat than the fact that he deserves a much larger role with the team heading into his sophomore season. But, as is often the case, that may not be a simple as it seems.<\/p>\n
Larsson has had an exceptional offseason that began with a strong showing in the NBA\u2019s Summer League. Somehow, Larsson managed to raise the bar for himself with an even more impressive performance over five games in the EuroBasket Tournament with Team Sweden. Larsson would go on to lead them into the knockout round, which is rare for Sweden, while averaging 19 points, four rebounds, and three assists on 46 percent shooting from the field overall.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s answered almost every question the Heat challenged him with heading into this offseason, and it should lead to a shot at breaking the everyday rotation for the team.<\/p>\n
But, ultimately, despite his strong summer, that will likely be decided by what he\u2019s able to continue showing during training camp.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s one thing for Larsson to look impressive during the summer, against, with all due respect, \u201clesser competition.\u201d It\u2019s an entirely different thing for Larsson to prove his worth in training camp in pre-season. You\u2019d have to imagine that\u2019s going to be the next goal for Larsson.<\/p>\n
Should he excel in training camp and in pre-season, that\u2019s when we can start seriously placing him ahead of a few other veterans in the Heat\u2019s rotation.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the bottom line: Davion Mitchell, Tyler Herro, Andrew Wiggins, Kel\u2019el Ware, Bam Adebayo, Norman Powell, and Nikola Jovic are clearly ahead of Larsson in the rotation. That leaves Larsson in the mix with four or five other players fighting for two or three rotation spots.<\/p>\n
No matter how impressive Larsson looked in the summer, Larsson will certainly have his work cut out for him to prove to Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra that he deserves a consistent spot in the rotation.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think there is any question that Larsson deserves a bigger role for the Heat and more responsibility this season. However, Spo will certainly have his hands full in solving the team\u2019s rotation. Larsson should factor into it one way or another, but predicting exactly what his role with be right now is fool\u2019s gold.<\/p>\n Pelle Larsson has sent a strong message to the Miami Heat’s coaching staff with a strong offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":99009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n