Jose Alvarado struggling to keep eight-day post-championship Knicks drinking pledge
· New York PostJose Alvarado is enjoying himself following the Knicks’ championship — perhaps a little too much.
Early on during the Knicks’ historic playoff run, Alvarado said he would get drunk for eight days straight if they were to win the NBA Finals.
“If we win, I’ma be drunk for eight days,” Alvarado said on the “7PM in Brooklyn” podcast in May. “I’m having a party in like every state.”
said he would get drunk for eight days straight if the Knicks won the NBA Finals.
“Y’all gonna think I’m the MVP,” he added. “Y’all gonna be like ‘yo he got the MVP.’”
Now that the Knicks have won, Alvarado appears to be updating fans on his condition after seven days.
The guard posted a picture of him lying down on a table with a hat over his face to his Instagram story on Saturday, with the caption reading: “Day 7.”
Alvarado, a Brooklyn native, has been perhaps the most energetic throughout the championship celebrations.
He was seen celebrating at both the Knicks’ historic ticker-tape parade as well as the Puerto Rican Day parade last week.
At Thursday’s parade up the Canyon of Heroes, Alvarado grabbed a boombox and microphone and started hyping up the massive crowd.
“We brought the trophy home. Let’s party, baby, let’s party. Knicks in five,” he yelled while standing on one of the floats.
Growing up a Knicks fan in the five boroughs, the championship has a special meaning for Alvarado, who the Knicks picked up at the trade deadline.
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“It’s really something I can’t put in words. I’m blessed,” he said before Game 1 of the finals. “I can’t even say it’s a dream, I never thought about being in the finals playing for the Knicks. But I’m here, I’m extremely excited.
“I’m a kid from the city living a dream.”