There are so many reasons to believe the best is yet to come.

ATLANTA — Knicks fans are known to shower their players with love, but the booming chants hit a bit differently for Jose Alvarado. Alvarado was born in Brooklyn, played high-school basketball at Christ the King in Queens and, less than three months ago, returned home when the Knicks acquired him in a pre-deadline trade with the New Orleans Pelicans. So when a sellout crowd at Madison Square ...

Jose Alvarado arguably has been the biggest surprise of this first-round series. He didn't play in Game 1. By now, he has firmly reestablished a role.

"It's amazing. I can't really put it in words" - Jose …

Four bench players gave the Knicks the scoring and defense needed to make Game 5's win over the Hawks a laugher.

Knicks head coach Mike Brown admitted Jose Alvarado has taken Landry Shamet‘s spot in the playoff rotation through four games against the Atlanta Hawks. Brown said his rotations could change any day. “We won Game 1 with Landry as the backup point. I made a shift in Game 2 and put Deuce as the backup point, and it threw our guys off a little bit when they came out on the floor,” he said after ...

On the road, with their backs against the wall staring a 3-1 deficit in the face, the Knicks did what they typically do: stick to you like gum on your shoe.

Jose Alvarado with the hoop & harm, 04/23/2026

The New York City native provided a spark off the bench, although it wasn’t enough, as the Knicks lost home-court advantage in this first-round series. They dropped Game 2, 107-106, blowing a 12-point fourth-quarter lead to the Hawks at the Garden.