{"id":898330,"date":"2026-09-20T00:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T00:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898330\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T00:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T00:34:09","slug":"new-york-knicks-player-reveals-he-cant-just-walk-around-in-his-city-after-winning-nba-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898330\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks player reveals he &#8216;can&#8217;t just walk around&#8217; in his city after winning NBA championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The New York Knicks\u2019 NBA championship win was a big moment for the entire city, as they waited 53 years to win the elusive Larry O\u2019Brien trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many talented players, one who helped achieve this dream was native New Yorker, Jose Alvarado.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old was a move that the Knicks made during the 2025-26 season, and it proved to be extremely beneficial for them. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Alvarado was not a starter or a star on the team, but his role was to be the energiser on the sidelines and, when called upon, give all he has for the team.<\/p>\n<p>The guard played this role to perfection, and had some big moments even in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Months after having won the championship, Alvarado continues to embrace all the love he gets from the fans in New York.<\/p>\n<p>He was asked recently, how his life has changed since winning the championship, the player\u2019s answer showed how much the city appreciated his effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t just walk around New York no more, so that\u2019s changed but, it\u2019s always good to walk around and have the love that\u2019s always here,\u201d said Alvarado.<\/p>\n<p>He was born in Brooklyn, and went to Christ the King High School in Queens.<\/p>\n<p>MORE JOSE ALVARADO STORIES<\/p>\n<p>After the championship win, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani specifically shouted out Alvarado, as he was a New Yorker who played a role in the triumph.<\/p>\n<p>The team decided to sign Alvarado to a three-year $14 million contract this offseason, which means that the guard will be part of the Knicks\u2019 championship pursuit once again next season.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=hitc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add to Preferred Sources <\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The New York Knicks\u2019 NBA championship win was a big moment for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,94993,590,85],"class_list":["post-898330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jose-alvarado","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}