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“It’s definitely like a weight off my shoulders”: Gary Harris relieved after signing extension

FORT CARSON, Colo. — It had been looming for weeks but late Saturday night the Nuggets and Gary Harris agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension worth a guaranteed $74 million and potentially $84 million with incentives. Then, Harris put pen to paper Thursday at Pepsi Center, a place the 23-year old will likely call home for the next four seasons.

“It’s definitely like a weight off my shoulders,” Harris said after the Nuggets wrapped up their open scrimmage Friday at Fort Carson. “I was focused on basketball anyway but you still had that thought in the back of your mind, ‘whats going to happen?