Exclusive | Knicks guard Jose Alvarado hopes his story can inspire NYC kids

He puts the New York in the Knicks.Knicks guard Jose Alvarado is still riding high off New York’s championship win — and hoping to inspire local youth with his story.The Brooklyn native, who grew up in the Roberto Clemente projects in Williamsburg, said the positive to being the only native New Yorker on the team is he can show city kids “that there is hope.”When asked what it’s like to be the sole player from NYC, Alvarado, 28, said “it’s the best.”“Especially when you win a championship,” he told The Post from the ESPYs red carpet at the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center on Wednesday.“It’s cool being home and being a kid from here and just to experience all this.”Surprisingly, his teammates don’t ask him for tips on the best food spots in the area, Alvarado said.“I mean sometimes, but you know, they already know where to go to get good food … But I just go to my own spots where I’m from.”His father, Jose Sr., a union electrician with Local 3, moved the family to Flushing to give his then 8-year-old son more opportunities in sports.“My dad is a hard-working man, so he got me in the right situation with my mom, and so it was just perfect,” he said.After the Knicks won Game 5 in San Antonio, Alvarado changed out of his series-clinching uniform in the locker room — and gave his jersey, shorts, sneakers, headband and even NBA champions t-shirt to his father.“He thrives on every accomplishment I had in my life, he takes it and basically hangs it like a trophy … uniforms, trophies, everything.”...