PROFESSIONAL CAREER

In 171 games (11 starts) over three seasons for New Orleans, averaged 7.5 points, 2.7 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 18.5 minutes per game while shooting .420 from the floor, .342 from three-point distance and .735 from the charity stripe…Scored in double figures 51 times, including three times scoring 20-plus points…Notched three or more steals in 25 contests…Posted one double-double…2022-23 Season: In his second season with New Orleans, appeared in 61 games (10 starts), averaging 9.0 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 21.5 minutes per game while shooting .411 from the field, .336 from behind the arc and .813 from the free throw line…Scored in double figures 26 times…Notched three steals nine times…Was selected to the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars Game during NBA All-Star Weekend… On 11/18 vs. BOS, grabbed a season-high six rebounds to go along with 10 points, four assists, one steal and a block…On 11/23 at SAS, tossed out a season-high nine assists to go along with five points, three rebounds and three steals…On 12/4 vs. DEN, notched a career-high 38 points, shooting 12-of-19 (.632), 8-of-11 (.727) from beyond the arc and 6-of-7 (.857) from the charity stripe. His 38 points off the bench, is the most points off the bench by an undrafted player in NBA history, previously held by Golden State’s Ian Clark (36) on 3/11/17, the most points scored by any bench reserve in franchise history (37 points by Marcus Thornton 2/23/10 @ CLE) and is third most points scored off the bench by any NBA player this season. Additionally, Alvarado’s 38 points is the most off the bench by any NBA player this season. Lastly, Alvarado’s eight made three pointers marks a career-high. Became one of nine players in franchise history to hit eight three-pointers in a game and just the third to do it off the bench (Ryan Anderson [Twice], JJ Redick)… On 12/30 vs. PHI, snatched a season-high four steals to go along with seven points, two rebounds and three assists… Missed 21 games this season, one due to a right rib contusion and the other 20 games were missed due to a right tibia stress reaction…2021-22 Season: In 54 games (one start) with New Orleans, averaged 6.1 points, 2.8 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 15.4 minutes per game while shooting .446 from the floor, .291 from three-point range and .679 from the free throw line…Scored in double figures 11 times… Finished the season with a total plus/minus of plus-143, which led all rookies in the NBA…Ranked 1st among all NBA rookies with a 3.80 assist/turnover ratio and ranked 2nd among NBA rookies in steals per game (1.3)…Ranked 1st among all NBA rookies in steal/turnover ratio (1.77)…On 11/3 at SAC, played in his first regular-season NBA game…On 11/5 at GSW, made his first career NBA bucket and finished the game with five points and an assist… On 1/13 vs. LAC, grabbed a career-high eight rebounds to go along with four assists, four points and three steals in 15 minutes played…On 1/25 at PHI, made his first career start, posting 11 points, three rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks in 33 minutes played… On 2/10 vs. MIA, had a team-high 17 points, shooting 7-of-12 (.583) from the floor and 3-of-6 (.500) from behind the arc… On 3/13 vs. HOU, notched his first career double-double, scoring 16 points and tossing out a career-high 10 assists…He also posted a career-high six steals, which is the most by a Pelicans player all season…Missed two games due to Health and Safety Protocols…Play-In Tournament: Appeared in both games for the Pelicans, averaging 8.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 19.5 minutes per game while shooting .357 from the floor, .600 from three-point range and .750 from the free throw line.

BEFORE NBA

College (Georgia Tech: 2017-21): Started all 106 games except for two for the Yellow Jackets for four seasons, averaging 13.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.1 steals in 34.9 minutes played…Throughout his career shot .444 from the floor, .341 from long range and .790 from the free throw line…Was on a Tech team that won its first ACC Championship in 28 years and played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 11 years…Named ACC Defensive Player of the year and second-team All-ACC after making third-team All-ACC as a junior…Also named Georgia Co-Player of the Year (with teammate Moses Wright) by the Atlanta Tipoff Club… Played the entire 40 minutes (45 in one overtime game) 24 times in his career…Has risen to 10th place on Tech’s career list for steals (226)…Had 71 career double figure scoring games (16 as a freshman, 20 as a sophomore, 15 as a junior, 20 as a senior)…Topped 20 points 25 times…Finished career No. 19 in career points at Tech (1,429)…No. 3 all-time at Tech in career steals (226)…His 384 career assists are 11th all-time at Tech…No. 11 at Tech in career three-point field goals (172)…Followed a pair of legendary New York point guards into the Tech program — Kenny Anderson (1989-91) and Stephon Marbury (1995-96)…Senior (2020-21): Named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, the second Tech player to be so honored (center Ben Lammers in 2017), and made the All-ACC second team by both official ACC voting panel and the Associated Press…Also named first-team All-District 2 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches…Ranked among the top 10 in the ACC in seven (7) statistical categories…No. 8 in scoring (15.19 ppg), No. 5 in FG percentage (.504), No. 2 in FT percentage (.838), No. 6 in assist average (4.08), No. 1 in steals (2.85), No. 7 in assist/turnover ratio (2.00), No. 2 in minutes (37.10)… Ranked No. 2 nationally in steals per game…Led the ACC in steals for the second year in a row, a first for a Tech player and first ACC player to do so since Chris Paul in 2004 and 2005…In ACC games, averaged 14.41 points (12th), 4.24 assists (5th) and 3.12 steals (1st), hitting .526 from the floor (6th), .403 from three-point range, .872 from the foul line…Made the ACC All-Tournament second team after scoring 13 points with five assists, three assists and five steals, and no turnovers in the full 40 minutes, in Tech’s championship game win over Florida State … Scored 20 or points eight times in 2020-21, five times in ACC games… Ranked No. 2 in the ACC in average minutes, 18th nationally…Junior (2019-20): Voted to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team despite missing seven games due to injury early in the season…Became the 45th Tech player to reach 1,000 career points with his 23-point performance against Pittsburgh on March 4 (has 1,034 points through three seasons at Tech)…Missed seven of eight games after season opener at NC State with right ankle injury…Averaged 15.1 points, 4.0 assists and 2.4 steals in that stretch, and hit 35.1 percent of his three-point tries, and shot .454 from the floor overall… Hit at least one three-point field goal in 18 straight games to end the season, dating back to Jan. 4 at North Carolina, the longest streak for a Tech player since Adam Smith connected in 24 straight games during the 2015-16 season…Scored a season-high 26 in the Jackets’ win over NC State on Jan. 25, coming up with a Tech-record nine steals, including thefts on each of the Wolfpack’s final two possessions to preserve the victory…His nine steals broke the Tech record of eight set by Kenny Anderson, another Brooklyn product, against Duke on Jan. 30, 1991…ACC record is 11, and only three ACC players have ever recorded more than nine steals in a game…Hit career-high for assists three times in 2020 (8 vs. Duke, 8 vs. BC and 9 vs. Notre Dame)…Seven 20-point efforts over his last 18 games, beginning with a 25-point performance at North Carolina in which he hit 8-of-12 shots from the floor and 4-of-6 from distance…In ACC games, ranked 8th in scoring (16.05 ppg), No. 6 in field goal percentage (.465), No. 8 in assists (4.32) and No. 1 in steals (2.37) … For the season, averaged 14.4 points and career-high 4.0 assists in 33.5 minutes per game…Averaged 11.3 points and 4.5 assists in Tech’s August trip to Spain, and hit 8-of-16 from three-point range…Sophomore (2018-19): Led Tech in scoring (12.5 ppg), assists (3.4 pg) and steals (1.8 pg)…Averaged team-high 12.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.8 steals in ACC games… Notched double figures in 20 games, including 24 at Northwestern, 20 at Arkansas. 20 vs. Virginia Tech, 21 vs. Boston College…Freshman (2017-18): Started every game as Tech’s primary point guard, ranking fourth in the ACC at 39.2 minutes per game in conference play prior to suffering a dislocated left elbow 12 minutes into Tech’s Feb. 11 game against Duke…Sidelined the remainder of the season and underwent surgery to repair the injury…Ranked fourth among freshmen nationwide in overall minutes per game (35.9) and percentage of minutes played (89.3)… Ranked fifth among ACC freshmen in scoring, fourth in assists…Eleven double figure games in the last 16, 16 altogether as a freshman…Averaged 13.2 ppg in last six games (27-61 FG, 14-31 on threes) prior to Duke…Topped 20 points four times (22 vs. Grambling State, 23 vs. Wright State, 23 vs. Yale, 23 at Florida State)…Excellent at the foul line (80.2 percent on 81 attempts, third on the team in both). High School: Three-star prospect out of high school who was ranked the No. 9 player in the state of New York and No. 33 in the nation at his position by ESPN…Named New York City Catholic League player of the year as a junior in 2015-16, led Christ the King, the No. 19 team in the nation entering the 2016-17 , to the New York City title twice…Averaged 17 points and 6.5 assists per game as a junior…Posted the first quadruple-double in school history (18 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals)…Led his AAU team, the New York Rens, to the Peach Jam quarterfinals in the summer of 2016, averaging 11 points and five assists.

PERSONAL LIFE

Alvarado is of Puerto Rican and Mexican heritage...He and his fiancé, Flor, have two daughters named Nazanin and Brooklyn...Began playing basketball at age nine…Graduated May 8, 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in literature, media and communications.

Jose Alvarado

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