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Jose Alvarado

New York Knicks · #5 · Rotation
PG6'0"179 lbage 285 yrs expGeorgia TechBrooklyn, NY
6th best of 11 on NYKworth +1.2 wins to the rotation
OFF71DEF76
High-level playmaker & perimeter defender
NYK
New York Knicks
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 51-31 (▲+3.4)
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A pesky, full-court pest of a backup point guard who lives in passing lanes and orchestrates the bench — 87th-percentile playmaking — while playing well above his size defensively. The scoring is limited (7.4 a game on 35.2% from three across two teams) and he's turnover-prone, but the energy and on-ball pressure are real. Holds a player option.

7.4
PPG
2.5
RPG
3.4
APG
1
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 69MPG 19.9FG% 41.63P% 35.2FT% 76.1TS% 54.3USG% 16.8PER 12.1BPM -1VORP 0.3EPM +0.3
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking89
Perimeter defense87
Inside finishing80
Rebounding74
Shooting67
Scoring64
Rim protection62

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
8.0
PPG
2.3
RPG
3.2
APG
296
GAMES
Points 2,366Win Shares 9.4Starts 37Best season 2025-26 · 7.4 ppg
Games played, last three seasons74%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 25 → 27
▬Steady

Jose, at 27, has held steady — 2.1 → 1.7 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 3.4 wins (+1.7)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 2.4–4.4 wins.
Production (BPM)-0.1 → -1.0-0.926-27 forecast -1.0
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -0.1 · 56 games2024-25: -1.4 · 56 games2025-26: -1.0 · 69 games2026-27: -1.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.1 → 1.7-0.426-27 forecast 3.4
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.1 · 56 games2024-25: 1.6 · 56 games2025-26: 1.7 · 69 games2026-27: 3.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.9M vs $5.0M salary+$2.9M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$5.0M salary2023-24: $4.7M · 56 games2024-25: $3.8M · 56 games2025-26: $4.1M · 69 games2026-27: $7.9M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $5,000,000 cap hit · through '29. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$5,000,000Guaranteed
2% of the club’s payroll · 8th of 13 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$7,884,000 /yr
Surplus+$2,884,000
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.