Jose Alvarado’s high school coach lauds ‘loyal’ Knicks champion: ‘Proud is an understatement’

nba finals NBA Jose Alvarado’s high school coach lauds ‘loyal’ Knicks champion: ‘Proud is an understatement’ By Ryan Giancola Published June 15, 2026, 5:24 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years had a local flavor. Traded deadline acquisition Jose Alvarado, a Brooklyn native, offered his Christ the King in Middle Village, Queens coach a moment of reflection nearly a decade after the freshly minted champ played for him. “I wasn’t thinking in this picture that Alvarado would one day win an NBA Championship. I was probably telling him to stop sneaking into the corner and get back on defense,” Joe Arbitello wrote on Instagram. “Proud is an understatement.

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