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@krispursiainen: "You've played with a lot of guards. What's special about Jose?"
Karl-Anthony Towns: "I mean, it's tough for me to be a Dominican talking about a Puerto Rican like this but he's..."
Jose Alvarado: "I knew that was coming."
KAT: "Man, when you talk about somebody who not only lives up to the moment but plays with his emotion, and utilizes that to his advantage, that's a rare quality. A lot of times, you play with a lot of people and they play with emotion but it gets the better of them. And for Jose, that emotion is what drives him and makes him take it to another level.
He's a special player. His tenacity, his defensive ability and his offensive ability that I got to see firsthand when [D'Angelo Russell] asked, could he shoot, and now I know, he really can shoot. It's special.
He has so much to his basketball game that people don't give credit to, and I'm glad at this stage on a night like this, he was able to show the world what he can do when he's given a chance. And Jose Alvarado clearly told everyone in the world tonight he's a big-time player."
Jose: "That's a Dominican person saying that."