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New York is the basketball capital of the world.
The game wasn’t invented here, but the history of it has been woven into the fabric of life in the city. There are thousands of basketball courts across the five boroughs that some of the most iconic players to ever play the game once roamed. There’s a reason that Madison Square Garden is known as the Mecca.
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Now imagine being one of the millions of kids who’ve grown up in New York City, growing up a Knicks fan, and seeing the torment that the franchise has gone through for 50 years.
Now imagine being good enough to make the NBA and getting the chance to play for said team. That alone would be fulfilling a lifelong dream, but now imagine being a key part of the team that brings a championship to a city that had been starving for one for much longer than you’ve been alive.
Fortunately, we got one of those feel good stories as a subplot of this championship run.
SAN ANTONIO, TX – JUNE 13: Jose Alvarado #5 of the New York Knicks poses for a portrait after winning Game Five of the 2026 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on June 13, 2026 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE(Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
Jose Alvarado was born in Brooklyn on April 12, 1998, to a Mexican mother and a Puerto Rican father. He grew up in public housing, both in Brooklyn and his later home in Queens, where he came onto the basketball scene at Christ the King Regional High School.
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As one of the best players in the New York circuit, winning multiple Player of the Year awards and recording a quadruple-double as a senior, he was a three-star recruit in the Class of 2017, but still ranked beneath the likes of Hameir Wright, Isaiah Washington, Mamadou Doucoure, and Keith Williams. He was heavily pursued by local schools in Seton Hall and Rutgers, but committed to play for Josh…
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