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NY Post: Knicks add Brooklyn native Jose Alvarado in trade deadline deal with Pelicans

From Michael Blinn:

Jose Alvarado is coming home.

The Knicks acquired the 27-year-old guard — a Brooklyn native — from the Pelicans on Thursday, adding depth at the trade deadline.

A star at Christ the King, Alvarado averaged 7.9 points per game with 3.1 assists and 2.8 rebounds over 41 appearances off the bench for New Orleans this season.

The Knicks sent Dalen Terry — acquired on Wednesday night from the Bulls for Guerschon Yabusele — to the Pelicans, along with a pair of second-round picks to complete the deal.

The NBA trade deadline hits a 3 p.m. on Thursday.

With Deuce out for a while, this is a very needed addition.

Good move, Leon!

22 replies on “NY Post: Knicks add Brooklyn native Jose Alvarado in trade deadline deal with Pelicans”

I am mildly excited by this. We’ve gotten even shorter, but he’ll be fun to watch. Going from Yabu to Jose will be an utter joy from an aesthetics perspective…

I still have an hour and 23 minutes to hope for a trade that nets a decent backup big. Although I guess that we might address that need in the buyout market now that some cap space has been freed up.

I was kind of excited for Dalen Terry. He is a very good defender with a developing shot. Alvarado is great but I have faith in Kolek and Alvarado is redundant with him. But still a solid enough trade.

We need some size. The money savings lets us sign one player. I like Oliver Sarr as an option. Hopefully we can also move Clarkson and free up another spot.

This is exactly what I’d hoped we’d do—make changes on the fringes rather than a “swing for the fences” move. I still hope to get a serviceable replacement for Yabu on the buyout market, which really shouldn’t be difficult. Plumlee (waived by Thunder) is already better than him. Is he healthy? He hasn’t played since Christmas, but I don’t know if that is related to injury or something else.

Edit (CBS Sports):
Plumlee was used sparingly by Charlotte across 14 appearances before being sidelined by a groin surgery. He’s scheduled to be re-evaluated after the All-Star break, and he’ll likely draw some interest from contending teams in need of frontcourt depth.

OK, I’d rather get someone who can actually play for us. We’re not the Wizards (thank G-d).

I still have an hour and 23 minutes to hope for a trade that nets a decent backup big. Although I guess that we might address that need in the buyout market now that some cap space has been freed up

Seconded. We need a backup big who can play PF and C given the- while very intriguing- experience behing OG at the 4.

I has question though, after the way Kolek has played when given a shot, is it really a forgone conclusion that Alvarado is going to play Deuce’s minutes over him? And I gotta say- Deuce will be sorely missed, but I also can’t wait to see Alvarado pick up opposing PG’s 90 feet away from the basket in the playoffs. How long is Deuce expected to be out anyway?

I expect that with all the trades made in the last couple of days, the waiver wire market is going to be pretty robust. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if some teams waived players to promote two-way guys up to regular contracts.

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I’m confident in our ability to find a cromulent backup PF who can shoot 3s a little bit on the buyout market, if we choose to do so (and we should).

Here’s a rather glowing report on the trade from Sam Quinn:

New York Knicks: A
The Knicks had minimal matching salary to work with at this year’s deadline. Essentially, it was Guerschon Yabusele and a couple of minimums. There wasn’t a path to them adding someone expensive without giving up a core player, which they seemingly had no interest in doing. Therefore, the goal was getting an affordable reserve who’d fit their culture and be able to contribute 10 or 15 solid minutes per night.

That’s Alvarado in a nutshell. Think Josh Hart, but six inches shorter. Few guards in the NBA play as hard as Alvarado does. The “Grand Theft Alvarado” backcourt steals get all of the attention, but his effort manifests in all sorts of ways. He averages 3.5 deflections per 36 minutes… with a 6-foot-1 wingspan. He dives for loose balls, fights through screens and makes life miserable for opposing ball-handlers. There are inherent limitations for a player this small (he’s listed at six feet) but Alvarado makes the most of what he has. He is by no means a great offensive player, but he’s at least a solid enough wide-open shooter. He has to be guarded.

New Orleans Pelicans: D
It was never quite clear why the Pelicans didn’t view Alvarado as a long-term part of their team. He’s been in New Orleans for five years. In all five seasons, the Pelicans have had a higher net rating with him on the court than off of it. On multiple occasions, that gap was at least 10 points per 100 possessions. The Pelicans don’t control their first-round pick this year. They’re not tanking. If they planned to do so next year, they likely would have traded bigger-name veterans by now. They’re trying to win. They’re always better with Alvarado on the floor. Yet at every turn, they’ve marginalized him. He wasn’t even in the opening night rotation for reasons that remain unclear.

donnie won the trade deadline. huge opportunity for a benedict superfan to live up to the name and switch to the clippers.

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Zubac to Indiana. Shit. That’ll make them a real pain in the ass when Hali is back next year.

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I like Zubac but my initial reaction is that he is not as good of a fit with Hali as Myles Turner was. I also think Mathurin really gave them some punch off the bench. But maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

BTW does it mean that the 2026 pick will only convey if the Pacers get lucky in the lottery? Or don’t get unlucky?

This was an excellent move for the Knicks but I’m sure it was nudged by the knowledge that Deuce is out for the rest of the regular season. Yabu was not a fit with the Knicks and Alvarado is, well, a lot like Deuce. He’s been sent to Siberia in New Orleans. Statcast comparison of 2024-2025 seasons

Another thing is that his player option is $4.5M vs Yabusele’s $5.775M so it’s another $1.275M of cap space.

The pick 2026 indy pick is 1-4 protected

If your the Clips you want the pick in this draft , who knows if 2031 draft will be any good

I like Zubac but my initial reaction is that he is not as good of a fit with Hali as Myles Turner was.

This did really seem to be a high price to pay for a very good player but who hasn’t taken a single 3 in the last 3 seasons and has 12 3PA in his 8+ year career. Carlisle is a genius though, so they must have something innovative in mind.

Begley said the league might come down hard on the Clippers after All star Weekend..

We don’t have the pick terms on the Alvarado trade yet, do we?

If we gave up the WAS picks it’s a good trade for them

“Begley said the league might come down hard on the Clippers after All star Weekend..”

Can you expand upon that?

I’m excited for the possibility of Boston regretting Vooch as a starting center. Although I guess if he sucks they could just play Queta instead.

Begley has heard the league could be planning punishment in terms of the Kawhi aspiration scam.

“In 2022, NBA star Kawhi Leonard signed a four-year, $28 million endorsement deal with Aspiration, a sustainability company, plus $20 million in stock. The deal is currently under NBA investigation for allegedly circumventing the salary cap, with allegations it was a “no-show” contract. Leonard maintains he did not commit wrongdoing.”.

“We don’t have the pick terms on the Alvarado trade yet, do we?

If we gave up the WAS picks it’s a good trade for them”

Seems like it would be very sloppy, and perhaps even unallowable, reporting to not simply say the protected WAS first if that were indeed the case. Not impossible that they did that, but I’m hoping that if it were actually that pick, it would have been reported as such.

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