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Hot mics caught the NSFW reaction from Herb Jones after a foul call on Jose Alvarado

Let’s just say Herb Jones didn’t agree with this decision.

During the victory over the Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado was called for a foul and his teammates didn’t like the call.

The guard was defending Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards and he was called for a foul as the wing drove toward the lane. Alvarado didn’t appear to make illegal contact with Edwards but it didn’t matter.

Perhaps nobody had a better view of the possession than Pelicans ace defender Herb Jones, who was standing nearby when the call was made. After the call, hot mics picked up Jones complaining to the referees about their decision.

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As the broadcasters noted, it was impossible to not hear the microphones pick up Jones’ reaction to the call.

Fortunately, it didn’t cause any problems for the Pelicans and they were able to continue to earn a convincing victory over the Timberwolves.

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Brandon Ingram bizarrely bit Jose Alvarado on the Pelicans bench

Uh, what was Ingram doing here?

The New Orleans Pelicans received a considerable boost Wednesday night as they fought for their playoff lives in the Western Conference. A big 113-106 win over the Dallas Mavericks kept 10th-seeded New Orleans within striking distance of the bottom four playoff teams in the conference standings.

But guard Brandon Ingram perhaps weirdly took some of his mid-game celebrations a little too far.

While Ingram was seated next to teammate Jose Alvarado on the bench, he leaned after doing a shimmy and proceeded to bite Alvarado’s shoulder. Not only was the bite itself weird, Ingram lingered a little bit before Alvarado pushed him away out of pain.

Uh, that certainly happened, didn’t it?

I don’t want to ascribe malicious intent to this because Ingram and Alvarado are teammates. But it’s still kind of jarring to see another human being just … bite someone else … for fun?

I guess if that chemistry mix works for the Pelicans, they shouldn’t change it up. I mean, they should, but they (meaning, Ingram) probably wouldn’t listen to me.

NBA Rising Stars 2023: Full rosters revealed in draft announcement

The NBA on Tuesday unveiled the four seven-player teams for the 2023 NBA Rising Stars game.

The NBA on Tuesday unveiled the four seven-player teams for the 2023 NBA Rising Stars competition set to take place on Feb. 17 as part of All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The showcase will feature four seven-player teams competing in a mini-tournament consisting of three games for the second straight year. Each game will be played to a final target score, meaning a game will end with a made basket or a made free throw instead of a running clock.

The pool of 28 players for the game consists of 11 first-year players, 10 second-year players and seven players from the G League. The rookies and sophomores were selected by assistant coaches, and the G League players were chosen by the league office.

The G League players will comprise one of the four teams.

The three teams from the NBA will be coached by Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah and Deron Williams. The three former players each selected seven players to their teams on Tuesday in an order determined by career All-Star appearances: Gasol (6), Williams (3) and Noah (2).

Here are the four rosters for the NBA Rising Stars competition.

NBA Rising Stars 2023: Player pool revealed for annual showcase

The NBA on Tuesday unveiled the list of 28 players set to participate in the annual Rising Stars game on Feb. 17.

The NBA on Tuesday unveiled the list of 28 players set to participate in the annual Rising Stars game on Feb. 17 as part of All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The showcase game will feature four seven-player teams competing in a mini-tournament consisting of three games for the second straight year. Each game will be played to a final target score, meaning a game will end with a made basket or a made free throw instead of a running clock.

The pool of 28 players for the game consists of 11 first-year players, 10 second-year players and seven players from the G League. The rookies and sophomores were selected by assistant coaches and the G League players were chosen by the league office.

The 21 NBA players were selected by assistant coaches across the league. Each team submitted a rookie ballot and sophomore ballot featuring four frontcourt players, four guards and two additional players of any position, in order of preference.

The three NBA teams will be coached by Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah and Deron Williams. Jazz assistant coach Jason Terry, who previously coached the Grand Rapids Gold, will lead the G League team. Assistants from the All-Star Game staffs will also coach in the event.

TNT will televise the competition beginning at 9 p.m. EST.

Ranking the 11 best players on a minimum contract

HoopsHype ranks the 11 best NBA players on minimum contracts in the 2022-23 NBA seasons, including multiple Lakers.

In the NBA, teams that perform at the highest level often have players who exceed expectations and produce at a high level while on team-friendly, cost-effective contracts.

With that in mind, we’re going to examine the top 11 most productive players currently on minimum-salary contracts for the 2022-23 season.

As you will, the list features multiple Los Angeles Lakers players, which is quite a turnaround compared to last season, when they had multiple inefficient minimum guys. It’s safe to say most – if not all – of these players will be on better contracts next year.

Devonte’ Graham politely kept a reporter from getting soaked during Zion Williamson celebration

Devonte’ Graham saved the day.

Zion Williamson is back, folks, and it seems like nobody is happier about this development than his teammates on the New Orleans Pelicans.

Williamson finished with a career-high 43 points against the Timberwolves, including 33 points in the second half and each of the final 14 points scored for the Pelicans. It was a dominant performance that deserved celebration as New Orleans secured a victory and now owns the best record in the Western Conference.

After the final buzzer, the former No. 1 pick was about to begin a post-game interview with sideline reporter Jennifer Hale. But Williamson’s teammates had other plans as guards CJ McCollum and Jose Alvarado snuck up behind him to surprise him with an ice water bath.

Pelicans guard Devonte’ Graham, however, was very courteous.

He knew what was about to happen to Williamson so he made sure to gently nudge Hale out of the way so that her microphone, outfit, hair, and makeup were not ruined by the celebration.

She tweeted after the game, thanking Graham for having her back.

This was a very thoughtful, helpful decision by Graham. Once he finished helping Hale, meanwhile, Graham then joined Alvarado and McCollum by dousing Williamson with ice water.

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Jose Alvarado’s surprising Sixth Man of the Year campaign has him in elite company

Like everything else he does, Alvarado’s 6MOY campaign is catching the NBA off guard

Jose Alvarado recorded a career-high 38 points for the Pelicans.

It was the most points ever scored off the bench in franchise history. This performance (12-19 FG, 8-11 3P) was an unexpected surprise from the guard, but it is indicative of something bigger and somewhat underdiscussed about Alvarado.

This wasn’t just a fluky moment for a run-of-the-mill player. The former undrafted free agent guard is legitimately having an excellent season.

Here are the players who rank better than Alvarado in FiveThirtyEight’s catch-all metric RAPTOR so far this season: Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Luka Doncic, and Joel Embiid.

Yes, you read that right! Alvarado trails only the back-to-back MVP, the back-to-back runner-up MVP, the reigning NBA Finals MVP, the preseason MVP favorite, and emerging 2022-23 MVP candidate Anthony Davis.

New Orleans is outscoring opponents by 14.7 points per 100 possessions when he is on the court, per Basketball-Reference, which literally ranks as the best among qualified players in 2022-23.

Isn’t that exactly the type of player that voters should look for when they decide on candidates for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year?

A deeper dive into the numbers shows us that the Pelicans actually score an additional 39.8 points per 100 plays (!) in transition when Alvarado is on the floor relative to when he is not. That ranks in the 99th percentile among all players in the NBA, via Cleaning the Glass.

It’s not particularly hard to figure out why. Alvarado is able to force turnovers like no one else in the league; he is a mastermind pickpocket.

Among the 250 players who have logged as many combined minutes as the guard has between this season and last season, no NBA player has recorded as many steals per 36 minutes as Alvarado.

This year, when Alvarado is on the floor, the Pelicans have added an additional 2.9 points per 100 possessions on transition plays coming from steals. That is the second-best mark among all players in the league.

The Pelicans have been particularly successful when Alvarado and Nance are on the court together. They have outscored their opponents by 21.2 points per 100 possessions in those 242 minutes. The game can get crazy when both of these scrappy players are featured in the lineup.

Alvarado has assisted Nance for 13 shots at the rim in those 242 minutes.

For comparison, Atlanta’s Dejounte Murray has shared the floor with John Collins for 616 minutes. Murray has only found Collins for 10 assists at the rim. Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns have appeared together for 591 minutes. Edwards has assisted Towns for just 5 assists at the rim.

These two players keep the Pelicans competitive when their key players like Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram are resting.

Statistically speaking, Nance likely has an even better case than Alvarado when it comes to winning the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year.

But within the past few days, Alvarado’s odds to win this have actually jumped from +30000 (which suggests an implied probability of 0.3 percent) to +6000 (implied probability of 1.6 percent).

Different sportsbooks have Alvarada’s Sixth Man of the Year candidacy at drastically varying odds between +4000 and +18000.

Russell Westbrook (shockingly!) and Malcolm Brogdon are the favorites to win the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year right now. But it’s already time to start including Alvarado in these conversations.

For what it is worth: The average winner of the NBA’s 6MOY started 21.4 percent of games played for their team during the season in which they won.

Alvarado is currently at 28.5 percent of games started, which would be the highest for a winner since Jamal Crawford appeared in the starting lineup for 34.7 percent of his games played in 2013-14.

Assuming that he doesn’t move into the starting lineup, Alvarado deserves even more love than he is currently getting.

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Takeaways: Jalen Green drops 33 as rally falls short in New Orleans

Jalen Green scored a game-high 33 points on strong efficiency, but Houston’s second-half rally ran out of steam in New Orleans. The team’s 26 turnovers were a big reason.

The Rockets finished off a brutal stretch of 10 road games in their first 13 contests of the 2022-23 NBA season with Saturday’s 119-106 loss at New Orleans (box score). The Pelicans improved to 7-6 with the win, while Houston fell to a league-worst 2-11 on the year.

Jalen Green led the Rockets with 33 points and 6 assists on 11-of-20 shooting (55.0%) and 5-of-10 from 3-point range (50.0%), and it helped Houston turn an 18-point deficit in the third quarter into an 8-point advantage early in the fourth. But after that 26-point swing, the Pelicans had a 19-point turnaround of their own to finish the game.

Zion Williamson led the Pelicans with 26 points and 6 assists on 8-of-9 shooting (88.9%) and 10-of-12 on free throws (83.3%). Jose Alvarado made major contributions off the bench with 12 points (83.3% FG), 5 assists, and 3 steals in 20 minutes, and his pesky defense contributed to 7 turnovers by Kevin Porter Jr. for the Rockets. As a team, Houston had 26 turnovers compared to only 12 for the Pelicans, and that discrepancy played a large role in the outcome.

Rookie forward Jabari Smith recorded 9 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for the Rockets, while Porter scored 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting (56.3%) to help offset some of the turnover damage. It was a bad night for Houston’s starting center, Alperen Sengun, who managed only 6 points while fouling out in 19 minutes.

Scroll on for highlights, analysis, and postgame interviews from New Orleans. Houston now begins a stretch of five home games in its next six starting with Monday’s matchup versus the Los Angeles Clippers at Toyota Center, with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. Central.

AimĂ© Leon Dore features NBA guard Jose Alvarado in Fall/Winter 2022 campaign, and it’s brilliant

Grand Theft Alvarado for ALD?!

New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado stars in the latest campaign for New Balance and Aimé Leon Dore, the popular Lower East Side menswear store.

The undrafted guard from Georgia Tech is originally from Brooklyn and he attended Christ The King High School — the same school as Sue Bird and Lamar Odom.

Alvarado, who is known for hiding on the court and sneaking up to force turnovers, is first seen practicing free throws at the ALD / NB Masaryk Community Gym on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. He then watches game highlights with his mother as she tells him she always knew he was going to be special.

We then see some beautiful shots of New York City as Alvarado talks about the tenacious basketball culture that he grew up around. He also discusses his father’s boxing career and creating his own legacy.

“My goal was to take this orange ball as far I can,” Alvarado says.

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Despite going undrafted out of college, the former Georgia Tech standout cracked the rotation for the Pelicans during his first year in the league. He played an instrumental role for the team during their postseason run.

Alvarado played AAU basketball for the legendary NY Rens program, but this campaign is a collaboration with Team SONNY, a 15U AAU basketball team.

Visual artist Tyrrell Winston, who we profiled earlier this year, has an installation at the flagship Aimé Leon Dore store. Mike Sykes reviewed the ALD 550 for our sneaker show, Special Delivery.

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Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado explains origin of his sneak attack steal

The move by Alvarado made headlines this season but the 24-year-old has been doing it since playing in AAU.

New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado became a fan favorite this season among basketball fans, and much of that can be attributed to several of his infamous “sneak attack” steals.

Alvarado would often hide on the court when opposing teams were set to inbound the ball. Once that team started to bring the ball up the court, Alvarado would race over from seemingly nowhere and catch them off guard to force the backcourt steal.

The undrafted guard continued to fool teams throughout the season, including in the postseason versus the Phoenix Suns. He eventually got Chris Paul in that series, even though the Suns’ vets successfully snuffed it out on one play.

The move by Alvarado only made headlines this season, but the 24-year-old has been doing it since playing in AAU. He explained to JJ Redick and Tommy Alter on the “Old Man & the Three” podcast when it first started.

I started doing it in AAU basketball. When I did it, I said in my head: ‘This could really work.’ I was doing it when we were down three in AAU and needed a stop. My coach was so cool with me, he was like my big brother, and said: ‘This better work!’ Every time I played in high school or college, those coaches would tell me to stop doing that. I was stubborn and didn’t listen to them.

Alvarado proved to be quite the thief this season, totaling 71 steals in 54 games. He finished fourth in total steals among all first-year players in just 834 total minutes. In comparison, teammate Herb Jones, who led the class with 130 steals, logged 2,335 minutes.

He became a bit of a household name during the Pelicans’ run in the postseason and earned plenty of praise from fans given his infectious playing style. Alvarado even made a recent guest appearance on “Inside the NBA” on TNT.

Alvarado, who started off the year on a two-way contract, parlayed his success this season into a long-term contract with the Pelicans. So, opposing teams now need to be on high alert for his patented sneak attack for the time being.

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