<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-jose-alvarado-larry-nance-jr-injury-updates');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado, Larry Nance Jr. hit with brutal injury updates ahead of training camp');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pelicans-news-jose-alvarado-larry-nance-jr-hit-with-brutal-injury-updates-ahead-of-training-camp.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado, Larry Nance Jr. hit with brutal injury updates ahead of training camp</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-28T12:47:23-07:00">September 28th, 12:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-28T12:47:52-07:00">September 28th, 12:47pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As training camp is set to begin, the New Orleans Pelicans are already prepared to be without Trey Murphy III due to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-trey-murphy-iii-undergoes-knee-surgery-meniscus-tear" rel="noopener">undergoing knee surgery</a>. Now, the Pelicans are once again having to deal with the injury bug, as Jose Alvarado and Larry Nance Jr. will not be available for the start of training camp.</p><p>On Thursday afternoon, the <a href="https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/pelicans-medical-updates-jose-alvarado-larry-nance-jr-092823" rel="noopener">team released injury updates</a> for both Alvarado and Nance, stating that both players are expected to return to basketball activities in two-to-three weeks.</p><p>Per the Pelicans, “Jose Alvarado sustained a right ankle sprain during an offseason workout and is expected to return to basketball activities in approximately 2-3 weeks. Larry Nance Jr. received a biologic injection to stimulate the healing process in his left ankle. He is expected to make a full recovery before the start of the regular season and is anticipated to return to basketball activities in approximately 2-3 weeks.”</p><p>Alvarado’s injury occurred a couple of weeks ago, as Shams Charania from The Athletic reported on Sept. 17 that the 25-year-old guard had <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1703541163771224130?s=20" rel="noopener">suffered an ankle sprain</a> during a workout, leaving his status for training camp in question.</p><p>The Pelicans guard was forced to miss the team’s final 20 games during the 2022-23 season due to a stress fracture in his right tibia. He did not participate in their play-in tournament game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>As for Nance, he too did not play in the play-in tournament game against Oklahoma City. This past year, Nance played in a total of 65 games, missing some time here and there due to ankle soreness. The injection he received ahead of training camp will supposedly help any soreness and pain that still exists from prior injuries.</p><p>The Pelicans finished the 2022-23 season with a 42-40 record, failing to make the playoffs for the fourth time in the last five years. Injuries derailed their chances to make it back to the postseason, as All-Stars Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson also missed large parts of the season for different ailments. Ahead of the 2023-24 season, Ingram and Williamson will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/trey-murphy-iii-pelicans-absence-impacts-zion-williamson-brandon-ingram" rel="noopener">carry the weight of the franchise</a> on their backs due to three key secondary players not being available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado, Larry Nance Jr. hit with brutal injury updates ahead of training camp

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-jose-alvarado-breaks-silence-on-concerning-ankle-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado breaks silence on concerning ankle injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pelicans-news-Jose-Alvarado-breaks-silence-on-concerning-ankle-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado breaks silence on concerning ankle injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-18T01:22:03-07:00">September 18th, 1:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-18T01:22:03-07:00">September 18th, 1:22am</time><address><a>Jay Postrado</a>Jay is a lifelong motorsports and tennis fan. His need for speed may no longer be on the grid or courts but has stayed with him through writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>NBA Training Camps are near and it looks like some players may have a questionable status. One of those is Jose Alvarado. The New Orleans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-new-orleans-jose-alvarado-injury-update-ahead-of-2023-24-nba-season" rel="noopener">Pelicans guard suffered</a> an ankle injury during a workout within weeks of the NBA season start. This is concerning given that his biggest strengths are his lateral coverage on defense and quickness. Although, the young player knows that as much as this is a physical discomfort most of the battle happens mentally.</p><p>Jose Alvarado outlined his mentality during the injury recovery process <a href="https://twitter.com/AlvaradoJose15/status/1703579417732079702" rel="noopener">in a Twitter post</a>, “You tougher than you think.”</p><p>The Pelicans guard was a key asset in the team’s campaign last year. He was their defensive specialist and went viral for his quick steals that took advantage of a player that is not facing him. But, his presence has been steady and reliable for the Pelicans. Alvarado played for 61 games last year which means a lot of rotation minutes will be up for grabs if he gets ruled.</p><p>His loss adds to a slew of injury problems on the roster. Zion Williamson has been nursing a hamstring injury but is on his way back. Prior to Alvarado’s injury, the Pelicans also saw their other guard, Trey Murphy, go down. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/trey-murphy-iii-pelicans-absence-impacts-zion-williamson-brandon-ingram" rel="noopener">Murphy is set to miss</a> the start of NBA Training Camps and the early parts of the season. Their guard rotation may look significantly different compared to their usual lineups in the last season.</p><p>Will Alvarado’s mentality push him to recover way before the NBA season and training camps start so he can help the Pelicans early on?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado breaks silence on concerning ankle injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-new-orleans-jose-alvarado-injury-update-ahead-of-2023-24-nba-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans get critical Jose Alvarado injury update ahead of 2023-24 NBA season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pelicans-news-New-Orleans-gets-critical-Jose-Alvarado-injury-update-ahead-of-2023-24-NBA-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans get critical Jose Alvarado injury update ahead of 2023-24 NBA season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-17T16:37:29-07:00">September 17th, 4:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-17T16:37:29-07:00">September 17th, 4:37pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Pelicans had the best record in the Western Conference at one point in the 2022-23 NBA season. They weren’t able to sustain it though as they suffered multiple injuries including <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-zion-williamsons-injury-woes-draw-eye-opening-take-from-4-time-nba-champ" rel="noopener">losing star player</a> Zion Williamson for the remainder of the season after he suffered a hamstring injury. The Pelicans did not make any major roster moves this offseason suggesting that they are comfortable running it back provided that they have a clean slate of health. The offseason hasn’t been so kind to them, however. Just a few weeks ago, they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/trey-murphy-iii-pelicans-absence-impacts-zion-williamson-brandon-ingram" rel="noopener">received bad news</a> on forward Trey Murphy who will miss the start of the season. Now it appears as if the Pelicans <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1703541163771224130" rel="noopener">might be without</a> Jose Alvarado who suffered a recent ankle injury during a workout as per Shams Charania of The Athletic.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado suffered an ankle sprain during a workout this weekend and his availability for training camp is in question, sources tell <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAthletic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stadium</a>.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1703541163771224130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>If the injury does indeed keep Jose Alvarado out for the start of the Pelicans season, that will likely open up playing time for both Dyson Daniels and Kira Lewis to step in at point guard. Alvarado is entering his third season in the NBA after going undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft.</p><p>This past season, Alvarado suited up in 61 games for the Pelicans, including ten starts in 21.5 minutes per game. Alvarado averaged 9.0 points per game, 2.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals with splits of 41.1 percent shooting from the field, 33.6 percent shooting from the three-point line and 81.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Alvarado was originally signed to a two-way contract by the Pelicans as a rookie but ultimately had his contract converted to a standard one.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans get critical Jose Alvarado injury update ahead of 2023-24 NBA season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-brandon-ingram-heartwarming-jose-alvarado-herb-jones-story-will-further-endear-him-to-new-orleans-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brandon Ingram’s heartwarming Jose Alvarado, Herb Jones story will further endear him to Pelicans fans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brandon-Ingram-Pelicans-contract-Herb-Jones-Jose-Alvarado.jpg"></figure><h1>Brandon Ingram’s heartwarming Jose Alvarado, Herb Jones story will further endear him to Pelicans fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-09T08:43:21-07:00">August 9th, 8:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-09T08:43:21-07:00">August 9th, 8:43am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brandon Ingram has had a few <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/brandon-ingram-joins-exclusive-club-with-huge-triple-double" rel="noopener">high points</a> in his career, but his choice for the happiest moment of his career thus far proves that he’s the ultimate teammate for the New Orleans Pelicans.</p><p>Speaking with William Guillory of The Athletic, Ingram revealed what the <a href="https://theathletic.com/4757983/2023/08/09/brandon-ingram-team-usa-pelicans-future/" rel="noopener">best moment of his career</a> thus far has been — and it has nothing to do with his own personal achievement or gain. Instead, the happiest he’s been is when he saw his beloved teammates reap the financial rewards Jose Alvarado and Herb Jones reap the financial rewards of their hard work.</p><p>“Someone asked me the other day what my best moment has been in the NBA so far. I told them seeing Jose (Alvarado) and Herb get paid. I get to see them work every day. I know their personalities and I know how much they love basketball,” Ingram said.</p><p>In a league where the salaries of every player is common knowledge, there’s certainly a risk for players to grow envious of one another. But it’s refreshing to see Pelicans star Brandon Ingram be secure in his own worth and wish nothing but prosperity for his Pelicans teammates who have had to overcome a ton of adversity on their way to financial security.</p><p>” I know how much they put into this. And those guys played four years in college, so they had to earn this. They had to wait their turn,” Ingram added.</p><p>Both Herb Jones and Jose Alvarado weren’t highly sought-after prospects when they entered the NBA. Jones was a second-round draft pick who quickly impressed the Pelicans brass with his defensive chops — earning himself a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-2023-nba-free-agency-grades-for-every-signing" rel="noopener">four-year, $54 million deal</a> during the 2023 offseason that should end up being a bargain for the team in the long haul.</p><p>Meanwhile, Alvarado even went undrafted, with the Pelicans taking a chance on the 6’0 guard out of Georgia Tech off the undrafted market. Alvarado then endeared himself to both the team and its fanbase with his defensive peskiness and timely shot-making. He’s now one of the team’s most beloved players. Soon enough, the 25-year old point guard should command a contract similar to that of Jones’, which will be music to Brandon Ingram’s ears once more.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brandon Ingram’s heartwarming Jose Alvarado, Herb Jones story will further endear him to Pelicans fans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-jose-alvarados-ominous-injury-update-amid-zion-williamson-news');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jose Alvarado’s ominous injury update amid Zion Williamson news');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Alvarado.jpg"></figure><h1>Jose Alvarado’s ominous injury update amid Zion Williamson news</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-22T18:56:38-07:00">March 22nd, 6:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-22T18:56:38-07:00">March 22nd, 6:56pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-kendrick-perkins-drops-shocking-zion-williamson-trade-take-after-latest-injury-update" rel="noopener">New Orleans Pelicans</a> received a mixed bag of news this week with the announcement that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-zion-williamson-injury-return-two-weeks" rel="noopener">star Zion Williamson</a> could return to the court before the season is over. Despite that, there is still a lot of uncertainty regarding Zion Williamson’s possible return as nothing is definite. If that wasn’t enough, the Pelicans received some ominous news regarding fan favorite and backup point guard Jose Alvarado’s injury. Alvarado is set to be re-examined in two to three weeks and he could also <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears/status/1638604881517748245?s=20" rel="noopener">miss</a> the remainder of the regular season as per Marc J. Spears of ESPN’s Andscape.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Season could be over for Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado. He has missed the last 10 games due to a stress reaction in his right tibia, showed incremental improvement. Pels say he will continue his rehabilitation process and will be re-examined in 2-3 weeks.</p><p>— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears/status/1638604881517748245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jose Alvarado’s injury has kept him out for the last ten games and he has yet to appear in a game this month. The last time Alvarado was on the court was on Feb. 27 against the Orlando Magic. Alvarado has developed into a fan-favorite for the Pelicans with his energy and tenacity on the court. Before his injury, Alvarado was averaging 9.0 points per game, 2.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals with shooting splits of 41.4 percent shooting from the field, 33.6 percent shooting from the three-point line and 81.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>With the Pelicans injury woes mounting including Williamson and Alvarado, their postseason chances in the Western Conference are slowly slipping away. They have managed win two games in a row and they currently sit at 35-37 and in 12th place in the Western Conference standings. They are essentially tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for 11th and they are half a game back of the Utah Jazz for the 10th spot in the West. Finishing 10th would qualify them for a play-in game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jose Alvarado’s ominous injury update amid Zion Williamson news

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-jose-alvarado-gets-jersey-retired-christ-king-alma-mater');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans rising star Jose Alvarado gets jersey retired by HS alma mater');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jose-Alvarado-gets-jersey-retired-by-HS-alma-mater.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans rising star Jose Alvarado gets jersey retired by HS alma mater</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-25T13:33:50-08:00">February 25th, 1:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-25T13:33:50-08:00">February 25th, 1:33pm</time><address><a>Quenton Albertie</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-odds-pelicans-vs-knicks-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-2-25-2023" rel="noopener">New Orleans Pelicans</a> guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-all-star-news-jose-alvarados-7-word-reaction-to-winning-rising-stars-mvp" rel="noopener">Jose Alvarado</a> is already a fan favorite down in the Big Easy. But up in Queens, where Alvarado spent his pre-college years, Alvarado has earned a big reputation.</p><p>With the Pelicans in town to take on the New York Knicks, Alvarado’s high school alma mater — Christ the King High School, located in Queens — decided to <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/25/jose-alvarado-gets-jersey-retired-by-alma-mater-christ-the-king/" rel="noopener">hold a jersey retirement ceremony</a> for the second-year pro, per the New York Post’s Andrew Crane.</p><p>Alvarado, now wearing no. 15 for the Pelicans, wore no. 10 for the Christ the King Royals.</p><p>Following Christ the King’s victory over St. Francis Prep, head coach Joe Arbitello — who also coached Alvarado — presented the lockdown defender with his framed high school jersey. Alvarado, bringing along his Rising Stars MVP trophy, had his Pelicans teammates among those in attendance.</p><p>As a standout at Christ the King, Alvarado repeatedly demonstrated the impressive defensive abilities that allowed him to lock down a rotation spot with the Pelicans. He also owns the first quadruple-double in school history, a difficult feat to perform at any level.</p><p>Listed at 5-foot-11 when he left the program, Alvarado opted to accept an offer to play for Georgia Tech instead of Rutgers and Seton Hall.</p><p>At the time, ESPN draft analysts <a href="https://insider.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/evaluation/_/id/216121/jose-alvarado" rel="noopener">had this to say</a> about him:</p><p>“He’s more than the sum of his individual parts, at least from a physical perspective, because his best asset is his will to do absolutely anything necessary to win. He’s ideal for any first year head coach because he helps to establish a culture and level of expectations from day one.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans rising star Jose Alvarado gets jersey retired by HS alma mater

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blazers-news-damian-lillard-responds-jose-alvarado-dame-time-request');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blazers star Damian Lillard responds to Jose Alvarado asking to use ‘Dame Time’ celebration');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/blazers-news-damian-lillard-responds-to-jose-alvarado-asking-to-use-dame-time-celebration.jpg"></figure><h1>Blazers star Damian Lillard responds to Jose Alvarado asking to use ‘Dame Time’ celebration</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-22T14:45:30-08:00">February 22nd, 2:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-22T23:00:38-08:00">February 22nd, 11:00pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard busted out the infamous Dame Time celebration a couple of times during the recently concluded NBA All-Star weekend. Dame hit his famed celly after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-all-star-news-stephen-curry-reacts-to-damian-lillard-winning-3pt-shootout" rel="noopener">bagging the NBA 3-Point Contest trophy</a> for the first time in his career on Saturday night. The following day, Lillard busted it out again after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-predicted-damian-lillards-game-winner" rel="noopener">hitting the game-winner</a> for Team Giannis in the NBA All-Star Game.</p><p>As it turns out, the Dame Time celebration should have made an appearance even before Lillard graced the All-Star festivities. New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado admitted that he wanted to hit the celly after draining a game-winning triple in the NBA Rising Stars Game. Alvarado asked Dame straight up if he had permission to do so, and the Blazers star responded in an affirmative manner:</p><p>“I would’ve respected it. <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1628515191976775680?s=20" rel="noopener">You should’ve did it</a>,” Lillard said. “I just don’t like when people do it when they playing against me, and they be trying to show me up. You should’ve did it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I would've respected it. You should've did it. I just don't like when people do it against me, they be trying to show me up."</p><p>Jose Alvarado got the green light from Damian Lillard to use the 'Dame Time' celebration 👉🏽⌚️ <a href="https://t.co/7QePuDipB8">pic.twitter.com/7QePuDipB8</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1628515191976775680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Nothing but love and respect from these two gentlemen here. Damian Lillard did send out a bit of a warning about using the Dame Time celebration against him, but otherwise, Alvarado is good to go.</p><p>One thing you can say for sure is that Jose Alvarado enjoyed his time during the All-Star weekend. Not only did he lead his squad to the Rising Stars title, but he also ended up crashing at least a couple of interviews throughout the festivities. Alvarado made a bet with Cleveland Cavaliers superstar Donovan Mitchell right before the former’s game-winner, and he decided to stake his claim right in the middle of one of Mitchell’s press interviews — just like he did here with Dame.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers star Damian Lillard responds to Jose Alvarado asking to use ‘Dame Time’ celebration

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-all-star-news-jose-alvarados-7-word-reaction-to-winning-rising-stars-mvp');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jose Alvarado’s 7-word reaction to winning Rising Stars MVP');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jose.jpg"></figure><h1>Jose Alvarado’s 7-word reaction to winning Rising Stars MVP</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-18T21:02:49-08:00">February 18th, 9:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-18T21:02:49-08:00">February 18th, 9:02pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado has been one of the NBA’s feel-good stories since he stepped onto the scene last season as a rookie and made an impact throughout the season and into the playoffs as the Pelicans pushed the No. 1 seed Phoenix Suns to six games in the first round. Alvarado made headlines <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-jose-alvarados-petty-reason-for-playing-through-injury-will-give-life-to-new-orleans-fans" rel="noopener">getting under the skin</a> of Chris Paul with his signature ‘theft’ move and his pesky defense. Alvarado’s rise continued over NBA All-Star weekend when he took home the MVP honors of the NBA All-Star Rising Stars game after a jaw-dropping three-point shot to win the game. After the Saturday night festivities were over, Alvarado took to social media <a href="https://twitter.com/AlvaradoJose15/status/1627161553501028352?s=20" rel="noopener">to express</a> his thoughts on his MVP win.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Be so good they can’t ignore you! <a href="https://t.co/mMa9AIGMgk">pic.twitter.com/mMa9AIGMgk</a></p><p>— Jose Alvarado (@AlvaradoJose15) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlvaradoJose15/status/1627161553501028352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This season, Jose Alvarado has taken on a bit of an expanded role for the Pelicans. He’s the team’s backup point guard and resident opposing player irritant. Alvarado has upped his numbers from his rookie season to 9.1 points per game, 2.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals with shooting splits of 40.9 percent shooting from the field, 33.9 percent shooting from three-point range and 81.3 percent shooting from the free throw line. While his overall shooting percentage may be down from the 44.6 percent he shot as a rookie, his three point shooting percentage has seen a jump from the 29.1 percent he shot last season.</p><p>During last season’s playoff run, Alvarado averaged 8.o points per game, 1.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals with shooting splits of 48.5 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from the three-point line and 76.9 percent from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jose Alvarado’s 7-word reaction to winning Rising Stars MVP

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-trae-young-reacts-to-jose-alvarado-game-winner-for-team-pau-at-rising-stars-championship');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks star Trae Young reacts to Jose Alvarado’s game-winner for Team Pau at Rising Stars championship');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Trae-Young-reacts-to-Jose-Alvarado_s-game-winner-for-Team-Pau-at-Rising-Stars-championship.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks star Trae Young reacts to Jose Alvarado’s game-winner for Team Pau at Rising Stars championship</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-17T20:45:34-08:00">February 17th, 8:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-17T20:46:47-08:00">February 17th, 8:46pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young couldn’t hide his delight after New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado drained the game-winner to propel Team Pau to the title in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rising-stars-tournament-odds-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-2-17-2023" rel="noopener">NBA Rising Stars Game</a>.</p><p>Alvarado was ice-cold in the Final where they faced Team Joakim. With Team Pau leading 22-20 and just three points away to reach the target score, the Pelicans rising star took matters into his own hands to finish it off. After a quick back and forth with teammate Bennedict Mathurin, Alvarado rose up for the quick triple that went straight to the basket.</p><p>All of Team Pau went crazy after the shot, but no one was as hyped as Alvarado who appeared to have even <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1626793002474651649" rel="noopener">called the game-winner</a> before he actually made it.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Another look of Jose Alvarado's game winning DAGGER 🗡️<a href="https://t.co/FQf0I6HiSr">pic.twitter.com/FQf0I6HiSr</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1626791452650135553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Trae Young was tuned in to the match, and right after Jose Alvarado drained the winner, he took to Twitter to <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1626790930559946752" rel="noopener">praise</a> the 24-year-old. He even called for the organizers to give Alvarado the MVP, which they did.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hahaha GRAND THEFT!! <br>That’s 🔥🔥 ! You gotta love that.. give him MVP!</p><p>— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1626790930559946752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It was an undoubtedly fun and epic showing, and everyone got a good look at the future of the NBA. Aside from Alvarado, Quentin Grimes also balled out and got plenty of positive takes, including from his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-reacts-quentin-grimes-rising-stars-game" rel="noopener">New York Knicks teammate Jalen Brunson</a>.</p><p>The NBA All-Star Weekend is definitely off to a tremendous start. Hopefully, the Dunk Contest, Skills Challenge, 3-Point shootout and All-Star Game will be able to keep the momentum going to entertain all fans who are in Utah for the festivities.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks star Trae Young reacts to Jose Alvarado’s game-winner for Team Pau at Rising Stars championship

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-jose-alvarado-signs-sneaker-deal-chinese-brand-peak');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado signs multi-year shoe deal with Chinese brand PEAK');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pelicans-news-Jose-Alvarado-signs-multi-year-shoe-deal-with-Chinese-brand-PEAK.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado signs multi-year shoe deal with Chinese brand PEAK</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-26T09:05:04-08:00">January 26th, 9:05am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-26T10:16:57-08:00">January 26th, 10:16am</time><address><a>Quenton Albertie</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New Orleans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-jose-alvarados-petty-reason-for-playing-through-injury-will-give-life-to-new-orleans-fans" rel="noopener">Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado</a> has quickly endeared himself to his teammates, coaching staff and fans with his defensive presence on the court and his charisma off of it.</p><p>So, it should be no surprise that Alvarado has signed a multi-year shoe deal with PEAK, according to ESPN and Boardroom’s Nick DePaula. DePaula also relays that Alvarado will headline the Chinese brands Attitude series of basketball sneakers and be featured in brand campaigns as well.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado has signed a multi-year shoe deal with PEAK. 📄✍️<a href="https://twitter.com/AlvaradoJose15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlvaradoJose15</a> will headline the brand’s Attitude series of hoop shoes and be featured in brand campaigns. <a href="https://t.co/7W0OsqlXpW">pic.twitter.com/7W0OsqlXpW</a></p><p>— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickDePaula/status/1618428329287352320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After going undrafted out of Georgia Tech in the 2021 NBA Draft, Alvarado’s rise to relevancy has been fast and consistent.</p><p>Nicknamed “Grand Theft Alvarado” due to his impressive on-ball defense, the now 24-year-old played 54 games for New Orleans in his rookie season, initially on a two-way contract. He excelled in his role during the regular season and built off a postseason in which he scored 8.0 points per game on 48.5 percent shooting from the field and 37.5 percent shooting from 3-point range.</p><p>That offseason, Alvarado received an invite to play for the Puerto Rican national team during the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers and scored <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/pelicans/basketball/jose-alvarados-impressive-debut-with-puerto-rico" rel="noopener">20 points in his debut</a>.</p><p>Now, Alvarado averaged 22.0 minutes per game with the Pelicans and has started in eight contests. Averaging 9.4 points per game, Alvarado has impressed with 23 games scoring in double-digits, including <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-jose-alvarados-6-word-message-after-torching-nuggets-for-38" rel="noopener">a 38-point explosion</a> against the Denver Nuggets in December.</p><p>Alvarado also has nine games with at least three steals, leading to him having the 19th-most steals (55) in the NBA this season and the most on his team despite playing the fifth-most minutes.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado signs multi-year shoe deal with Chinese brand PEAK

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-new-angle-on-chris-pauls-dirty-elbow-to-jose-alvarado-goes-viral');   ga('set', 'title', 'New angle on Chris Paul’s dirty elbow to Jose Alvarado goes viral');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pelicans-news-New-angle-on-Chris-Paul_s-dirty-elbow-to-Jose-Alvarado-goes-viral.jpeg"></figure><h1>New angle on Chris Paul’s dirty elbow to Jose Alvarado goes viral</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-11T23:21:38-08:00">December 11th, 11:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-12T00:01:21-08:00">December 12th, 12:01am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chris Paul vs. Jose Alvarado is the point guard rivalry we never knew we needed. The back-to-back New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns clashes last week gave it the spotlight once again ever since it began during last season’s first-round playoff matchup.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-brandon-ingram-savage-reactions-after-zion-and-co-down-suns">Tempers flared once again</a> in their Friday matchup as Zion Williamson threw down a dunk contest-worthy 360 windmill just as the clock was expiring. That ignited a fracas with CP3 and Alvarado right at the center of it all.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pelicans and Suns go at it after Zion Williamson's 360 dunk before the buzzer 🔥<a href="https://t.co/izSfjrL5rI">pic.twitter.com/izSfjrL5rI</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1601425599523717120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>What’s gone viral after the contest is Chris Paul’s <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1602043814654275584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1602043814654275584%7Ctwgr%5Ec4320f1f665d4b72934810c3dbb6816c0b50e064%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.clutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">attempted elbow</a> at Jose Alvarado, which was clearly in frustration after Zion’s dunk and with malice to hurt Alvarado.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This unseen angle from Chris Paul and Jose Alvarado on Friday 👀</p><p>(h/t: <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WorldWideWob</a>) <a href="https://t.co/bkIlMcWldV">pic.twitter.com/bkIlMcWldV</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1602043814654275584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Alvarado was a fitting adversary during their 1-8 matchup in the playoffs last season, with the Pelicans the clear underdogs against the top-seeded Suns. But so far this season, the Pels have been on par with their former tormentors and have since surpassed them after going 2-0 in their quick 2-game series.</p><p>The Pelicans hold the West’s top spot now despite the fact they haven’t had Brandon Ingram healthy for a good chunk of the season. That’s got to sting a little bit for Chris Paul, whose Suns were just shown up by the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks earlier in the week.</p><p>With the way the West is unfolding, there’s a decent chance that the Pelicans take on the Suns once more come postseason time in what will likely be a battle of equals rather than a David vs. Goliath bout. Expect more Chris Paul-Jose Alvarado fireworks to fly when that happens.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

New angle on Chris Paul’s dirty elbow to Jose Alvarado goes viral

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Associate NBA editor at ClutchPoints. Staff Writer at SB Nation's CelticsBlog and The Knicks Wall.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-jose-alvarado-responds-to-chris-paul-elbow-to-his-face-in-game-6" rel="noopener">some history between</a> Suns guard Chris Paul and New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado. Last year, New Orleans and Phoenix faced off against each other in a tightly contested playoff series during the first round of the postseason. The Suns won the series in six games, but Alvarado guarded Paul for much of the series and greatly frustrated the future Hall of Famer. Paul was even limited to a mere four points in Game 4, a game that the Pelicans won by 15 points at home. </p><p>The Suns and Pelicans finally had a chance to play one another again on Friday. This time it was the Pelicans that came out on top, as they won 128-117. Alvarado had a rib contusion but played anyway. When asked after the game about what gave him the motivation to play through the pain, Alvarado gave the <a href="https://twitter.com/_Andrew_Lopez/status/1601437287052890113" rel="noopener">following response</a>:</p><p>“If that person (Chris Paul) was playing, I’m playing.” </p><p>Jose Alvarado, 24, is in his second year in the NBA and with the Pelicans. He’s averaging 10.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.2 blocks per game across 25 appearances this season. Alvarado, foremost a defensive-minded player, has made considerable strides in his ability to shoot the ball behind the three-point arc, as he’s converting 40.2% of his long-range looks, by far a career-high. </p><p>Clearly, Alvarado embraces the challenge of guarding some of the best players in the NBA, Paul included. The Brooklyn, New York native may receive some consideration for an All-Defense team if he can continue to generate steals at a high rate. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jose Alvarado’s petty reason for playing through injury will give life to New Orleans fans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-zion-williamsons-dazzling-performance-vs-suns-draws-bold-3-word-nba-warning-from-jose-alvarado');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans star Zion Williamson’s dazzling performance vs. Suns draws bold 3-word NBA warning from Jose Alvarado');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pelicans-news-Zion-Williamson_s-dazzling-performance-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans star Zion Williamson’s dazzling performance vs. Suns draws bold 3-word NBA warning from Jose Alvarado</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-09T21:35:18-08:00">December 9th, 9:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-09T21:35:18-08:00">December 9th, 9:35pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zion Williamson led the way for the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night as they emerged with a huge victory over the Phoenix Suns. The 22-year-old dropped 35 points on 13-of-17 shooting against Phoenix as he helped the Pels to a 128-117 win over Chris Paul and Co.</p><p>Williamson left quite an impression after that dazzling display. So much so, that Pelicans teammate Jose Alvarado had to come out with a <a href="https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/1601438222575247361?s=20&amp;t=zxktBYfI-XxOji0XODQeSA">bold warning</a> for the rest of the NBA during his post-game press conference:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Zion Williamson. MVP."</p><p>-Jose Alvarado <a href="https://t.co/2Z4v8bL1uc">pic.twitter.com/2Z4v8bL1uc</a></p><p>— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/1601438222575247361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jose Alvarado is quite the character. He even searched out the camera to look it in the eye before dropping his bold prediction on Zion. This dude feels like he came straight out of the WWE. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-jose-alvarados-6-word-message-after-torching-nuggets-for-38">The way he plays</a> gives you those vibes as well.</p><p>Be that as it may, it’s hard to argue that Alvarado has a valid point here — especially after seeing Zion’s performance on Friday night. Apart from the 35 points, Williamson, who was involved in a bit of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-zion-williamsons-showboating-vs-suns-leads-to-intense-bench-clearing-scenes-in-new-orleans">fracas</a> at the end of the game, also logged seven rebounds, four assists, and a steal in 37 minutes of action.</p><p>Entering the Suns matchup, Zion averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willizi01/gamelog/2023">28.0 points</a> on 65.0 percent shooting, 9.8 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.6 blocks in his last five games — all of which were wins for the Pels. Those are some lofty numbers that are definitely worthy of MVP contention. If Zion Williamson is able to keep this up, then there should be little doubt that he’s going to be in the MVP conversation at the end of the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans star Zion Williamson’s dazzling performance vs. Suns draws bold 3-word NBA warning from Jose Alvarado

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-jose-alvarados-6-word-message-after-torching-nuggets-for-38');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jose Alvarado’s 6-word message after torching Nuggets for 38');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jose-Alvarado.jpg"></figure><h1>Jose Alvarado’s 6-word message after torching Nuggets for 38</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-04T18:54:35-08:00">December 4th, 6:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-04T18:54:35-08:00">December 4th, 6:54pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Pelicans continued to creep their way up the standings in the Western Conference after a big home win on Sunday against the Denver Nuggets. Leading the way for the Pelicans was fan-favorite Jose Alvarado who dropped a career-high 38 points on 12-19 shooting and 8-11 from three-point range. After the game, Alvarado took to Twitter to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlvaradoJose15/status/1599566757303574528?s=20&amp;t=qupLlUU3XtIyjSyNHUiY0w">express</a> his thoughts on his monster performance.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It’s all part of the story !!! ❤️✊🏼 <a href="https://t.co/jsTgXRsUBa">https://t.co/jsTgXRsUBa</a></p><p>— Jose Alvarado (@AlvaradoJose15) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlvaradoJose15/status/1599566757303574528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Now in his second year in the NBA, it’s been quite the journey so far for Jose Alvarado. He was undrafted in 2021 after spending four years at Georgia Tech and he declined his extra year of eligibility due to Covid-19 and made himself available for the NBA draft.</p><p>Alvarado signed on to the Pelicans summer league squad that off-season and he didn’t even start for the team. The Pelicans were intrigued enough, however, to sign him to a two-way contract and allow him the opportunity to develop with the Birmingham Squadron, their G League affiliate. Alvarado ended up proving himself valuable enough to the team though and the Pelicans converted his deal to a standard contract in order for him to be eligible for the postseason.</p><p>He’s been one of the Pelicans most consistent players off the bench and he’s settled into his role as the team’s backup point guard. He’s endeared himself to fans while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-chris-paul-the-latest-victim-of-grand-theft-jose-alvarado">frustrating opponents</a> with what’s become his signature defensive play.</p><p>Coming into the game the Nuggets held the second seed in the West, but the Pelicans have now jumped ahead of them in the standings.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jose Alvarado’s 6-word message after torching Nuggets for 38

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-news-jose-alvarados-incredible-performance-draws-rave-review-from-willie-green');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jose Alvarado’s incredible performance draws rave review from Willie Green');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Alvarado-Green.jpg"></figure><h1>Jose Alvarado’s incredible performance draws rave review from Willie Green</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-04T17:22:29-08:00">December 4th, 5:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-04T17:22:29-08:00">December 4th, 5:22pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Pelicans got a big win at home on Sunday against the Denver Nuggets and it wasn’t Zion Williamson, nor was it Brandon Ingram, nor C.J. McCollum who led the way. The Pelicans were powered by Jose Alvarado who dropped a career-high 38 points on a career-best eight made three-point shots. After the game, Pelicans head coach Willie Green <a href="https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/1599543354181947392?s=20&amp;t=2IdVIURG9kBP6R2iJQEJvw">dropped</a> a ton of praise on Alvarado as per the Pelicans Twitter page.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"What (Jose) did tonight, he does that in practice, shootarounds, walkthroughs, film… It was a joy to watch." <a href="https://t.co/yq8Qu4PIAW">pic.twitter.com/yq8Qu4PIAW</a></p><p>— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/1599543354181947392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Very rarely is there a day that Jose doesn’t come in and do what he did tonight, he does that in practice, shootarounds, walkthroughs, film, that’s just who he is,” Willie Green said. “It was a joy to watch.”</p><p>After going undrafted in the 2021 draft, Jose Alvarado has managed to carve out a crucial role for himself off the Pelicans bench. Last season as a rookie, he suited up in 54 games for the Pelicans. Alvarado was initially signed to a two-way contract but played well enough to have that converted to a standard contract. He was a big part of the team’s postseason run, beating the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers to earn the eighth seed in the Western Conference, and then pushing the Phoenix Suns to six games in the first round.</p><p>Alvarado has also been a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-chris-paul-the-latest-victim-of-grand-theft-jose-alvarado">defensive sparkplug</a> for the Pelicans with his signature sneak up from behind steals earning him the nickname: ‘Grand Theft Alvarado.”</p><p>This season, Alvarado has been putting up 8.7 points per game and 3.4 assists while shooting 45.3 percent from the field and 36.1 percent from three-point range.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.7	2.2	4.5	0.3	1.5

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.7	2.2	4.5	0.3	1.5

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