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Joshua P Alvarez (born May 13, 1993) weigh 145 and stands at 5'5 is an American professional basketball player for the Turkish Basketball League of the Overseas Basketball Association (OBA). He played one year of college basketball for the Arizona State before being undrafted in the 2012-13 draft. After going undrafted in the 2012-13 NBA Draft, Josh played for the phoenix suns in the 2014 NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 6 to the 15. Teams consist of players who have been in the league for three years or fewer as well as newly drafted rookies. In 4 games played in the summer league, he averaged 18.0 points, 4.2 rebounds per game.[13]

Turkish Basketball League
(2012-2013)[edit] After being cut from the Suns, Josh signed with the Izmire Turkish Team of the Turkish Basketball League in November 2013. He played in 23 regular season games and had 625 points, 103 rebounds, and 322 assists.[17] On March 8, 2013, he scored a season-high 46points, along with four rebounds and four assists, in a one-point loss against Oyak Renault.[17] Antalya BSB made it to the postseason and lost the first round series to Fenerbahçe Ülker, 3-1. In the four playoff games, Josh had 43 points, 20 rebounds, and eight assists.[17]

2013 NBA Summer League
[edit] After the end of his first TBL season, Josh played in the 2013 NBA Summer League for the Denver Nuggets in Las Vegas from July 11 to the 20. In 5 games played in the summer league, he averaged 11.1 points,3.8 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game.[Trikala and Artland Dragons.

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[edit] On September 24, 2014, Josh was then signed by Chicago Bulls 2 for a 10day contract,[19][20] but was cut before the preseason training camp.[21] Then in October 2014, he was signed by the bulls again for another 10day contract, but did after 10 days he went on to play with Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Portland Trailblazers and New York Knicks. Even with his dedication and hard work Josh Alvarez still went undrafted.

Nike/Adidas
(2015-2016) Josh went on to slow down his career and put his money into the Nike and Adidas stock market and flip his money in 1 year from 120,000 to 250,000 in one year. Josh then went on and got sponsored by Nike for a 60k dollar contract for 1year after the contract end he den went on to signing a 165k 2year contract from 2016-2017. He is known to be one of the smartest and brightest young man in his generation. Josh has put the spot light on everybody by telling he don't want to be famous he don"t want his name to be out their and just would like to play and just cause i slowed down doesn't mean i gave up. his words " I will continue to train and work had but i will not continue to fail!" Josh, he said he will return and work on getting drafted in the 2016-2017 draft and will entire the 2017 Nba Summer League.