Magic paying big money to Tobias Harris
Here’s the Orlando Sentinel reporting on a talented young Magic player who now has a lot of pressure on his shoulders to earn his much bigger salary:
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Tobias Harris checks in at a svelte 235 pounds, not counting, of course, the extra weight he’s carrying.
It’s quite a load.
He’s put on an additional $64 million.
Harris and the Magic can only hope it doesn’t show this season.
A huge four-year contract has made Tobias the team’s highest-paid player, surpassing Nik Vucevic’s deal.
This is all new for Harris at 23. He says all that money won’t affect him. He says he doesn’t see himself “pressing” to try to justify the count and the amount.
“It doesn’t change me or my game. I don’t play the game just for the paycheck. I play for the love and the love of winning,” Harris told me. “When I signed my deal, the next day I was back in the gym, working just as hard. It’s no time to go out and celebrate crazy. I’m blessed enough to be in this position.
“It drives me. It just shows me if you want another one, you have to work twice as hard.”
