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Jose Alvarado starred on the court for Christ the King. (File photo by William Thomas)<\/p>\n
The NBA\u2019s official trade deadline has come and gone on Thursday, Feb. 5, and many players are finding out which new cities they\u2019re moving to. That includes Jose Alvarado, who graduated from Christ the King High School in the class of 2017 and is coming home to New York to play for the Knicks.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t the most highly-suited kid in the world, but he always had the toughness that he plays with,\u201d said Chirst the King Principal and Coach Joseph Arbitello told QNS. \u201cHis game\u2019s been the same regardless of the level he played at, whether it was college, high school, or the NBA. He\u2019s a great kid.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jose Alvarado in his senior year at Christ the Kind HighschoolPhoto by Robert Cole<\/p>\n
During his career as\u00a0 student of Christ the King, Alvarado made his impact by recording the first quadruple-double in school history, with 18 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals. Nicknamed \u201cGrand Theft Alvarado\u201d for his defensive capabilities, Alvarado committed to Georgia Tech in 2016, where he played as a starter for the next four years. Most notably, Alvarado and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets secured the schools first Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title since the 90s, taking down Florida State which was led by future NBA All-Star Scottie Barnes.<\/p>\n
The New Orleans Pelicans drafted Alvarado in 2021 after he passed on an extra year at Georgia Tech due to COVID-19 cancellations. Since then, Alvarado has spent his time has a vital role player for the Pelicans as the team\u2019s point guard, and scored his season high of 38 points against the Denver Nuggets in three years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a fan of whatever team my players play on,\u201d Arbitello said. \u201cI just thought if anybody could do it, it could be him. We\u2019ve had Lamar Odom, Steve Claxton and Erick Barkley. So for him to be up with those names, that\u2019s when I knew he was going to be special.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Arbitello, who coached Alvarado in high school, the NBA player still has a good relationship with his alma mater and makes an effort to stay in contact, even putting in new backboards for the gym\u2019s basketball hoops. In 2023, Alvarado returned to Middle Village and Christ the King to retire his jersey and meet the with students.<\/p>\n
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Former Christ the King hoops star Jose Alvarado had his number retired by his alma mater on Feb. 24. (Photo courtesy of Men\u2019s Christ the King Royals Basketball Program via Instagram)<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not 6\u20195. I\u2019m not athletic. I don\u2019t have a crazy wingspan. But I got heart \u2014 that you can\u2019t measure,\u201d Alvarado said during his visit.<\/p>\n
Since the trade was announced today by Shams Charania, a litany of comments have been posted to Alvarado\u2019s social media profiles: New Yorkers welcoming him home and Pelicans fans wishing him well for the remainder of his career, disappointed to see a fan favorite leave.<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn dog, this **** sucks. Thank you, bro. New Orleans is always your second home, man, we love you. Go be great,\u201d wrote one fan on Alvarado\u2019s most recent Instagram post.\n<\/p>\n
While Alvarado has yet to comment on his trade, instead celebrating the sixth birthday of his daughter today, NBC posted a video of his interview after playing his first game\u00a0 at Madison Square Garden, in which he thanks fans and family for their support and expresses his gratitude for the opportunity to play at the legendary venue.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jose Alvarado starred on the court for Christ the King. (File photo by William Thomas) The NBA\u2019s official…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,6,478,470,4073,4072,675],"class_list":{"0":"post-585162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-new-orleans","11":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","12":"tag-neworleans","13":"tag-neworleanspelicans","14":"tag-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116020843630538690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}