Jannero Pargo

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Jannero Pargo
Chicago Bulls
Point Guard
Born: October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 29)
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
College Neosho County Community College
University of Arkansas
Draft Undrafted, 2002
Pro career 2002–present
Former teams Los Angeles Lakers (2002–2003)
Toronto Raptors (2003)
Chicago Bulls (2003–2006)
New Orleans Hornets (2006-2008)
Dynamo Moscow (2008–2009)
Olympiacos Piraeus (2009)

Jannero Pargo (born October 22, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard position. He currently is signed with the Chicago Bulls.

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[edit] College career

Pargo played collegiality for the University of Arkansas after transferring from Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas.

[edit] Pro career

[edit] NBA

Pargo has played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls and most recently the New Orleans Hornets. During the playoffs in his final season with the Hornets he garnered attention by coming off the bench for star Chris Paul and keeping up the scoring as if he was with the first team. He averaged 10.3 points in 12 playoff games and hit some really big three-point shots in game 7 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals vs. the Spurs, causing a stir for the off-season as he would be a free agent. In the off-season Pargo was attracted to Europe to play as was former Atlanta Hawks player Josh Childress. European teams began making offers to free agents around the league to try to attract NBA talent overseas.

[edit] Overseas

After the 2007-2008 NBA season, Pargo signed a one year $3.8 million net income contract with the Russian Super League team Dynamo Moscow [1]. In January of 2009, Pargo secured a buyout from his Russian club and signed with the Greek League club Olympiacos Piraeus.[2][3] He was released by Olympiacos on May 5, 2009.[4] He averaged 3.5 points and 1.4 assists per game in the Euroleague.

On July 8th, 2009, Pargo agreed to a one-year contract worth approximately $2 million with the Chicago Bulls, bringing him back to the Bulls and the NBA for a second time.

[edit] Personal items

  • When Pargo first entered the NBA as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers, his first name was spelled with a single N—"Janero". He was released by the Lakers during the 2003–04 season and, when he was signed by the Toronto Raptors, his name had gained the extra N that is now reflected in his name.
  • Jannero Pargo is co-represented by sports agents Mark Bartelstein and Mike Naiditch.
  • Pargo is the brother of current Gonzaga University senior point guard Jeremy Pargo.

[edit] NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

[edit] Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 LA Lakers 34 0 10.1 .398 .292 1.000 1.1 1.1 .4 .1 2.5
2003–04 LA Lakers 13 0 4.8 .375 .500 .000 .5 .8 .2 .0 1.1
2003–04 Toronto 5 0 14.2 .310 .000 .000 .8 2.4 .8 .2 3.6
2003–04 Chicago 13 1 26.5 .429 .377 .852 2.1 3.6 .5 .4 13.5
2004–05 Chicago 32 0 14.2 .385 .348 .739 1.5 2.4 .5 .0 6.4
2005–06 Chicago 57 0 11.3 .373 .379 .810 1.1 1.6 .4 .0 4.8
2006–07 NO/Oklahoma City 82 7 20.9 .409 .388 .852 2.2 2.5 .6 .1 9.2
2007–08 New Orleans 80 5 18.7 .390 .349 .877 1.6 2.4 .6 .1 8.1
Career 316 13 16.2 .395 .365 .849 1.6 2.1 .5 .0 6.9

[edit] Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 LA Lakers 11 0 11.7 .333 .267 .750 .8 1.3 .7 .1 2.1
2004–05 Chicago 5 0 15.2 .353 .406 .600 1.0 2.0 .6 .0 10.4
2005–06 Chicago 5 0 3.8 .417 .600 .800 1.2 .6 .0 .0 3.4
2007–08 New Orleans 12 0 22.1 .388 .349 .708 2.5 2.3 1.0 .2 10.2
Career 33 0 14.8 .374 .368 .711 1.5 1.6 .7 .1 6.5

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Yahoo – Ex-Hornet Pargo signs one-year, $3.8 million contract with Russian club.
  2. ^ Reds add Pargo.
  3. ^ Former Hornets guard Pargo moves to Olympiacos.
  4. ^ Talkbasket.net Jannero Pargo leaves Olympiacos.

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