Jannero Pargo

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Jannero Pargo
Pargo sitting on the bench during a 2009 game.
No. 7   Atlanta Hawks
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 32)
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
High school Paul Robeson (Chicago)
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College Neosho County CC (1998-2000)
University of Arkansas (2000–2002)
NBA Draft 2002 / Undrafted
Pro career 2002–present
League NBA
Career history
2002–2003 Los Angeles Lakers
2004 Toronto Raptors
2004–2006 Chicago Bulls
2006–2008 New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
2008–2009 Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2009 Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece)
2009–2011 Chicago Bulls
2011–present Atlanta Hawks
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jannero Pargo (born October 22, 1979) is an American professional basketball player.

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[edit] College career

Graduating from Paul Robeson High School at Chicago in 1998, Pargo played collegiately for the University of Arkansas after transferring from Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas in 2000.[1]

[edit] NBA career

Pargo has played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls and 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 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. European teams began making offers to free agents around the league to try to attract NBA talent overseas.

[edit] Europe

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

[edit] Return to the NBA

On July 13, 2009, Pargo signed 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.

On September 24, 2010, he signed with the New Orleans Hornets for a second time.[6] However, he was released before the start of the regular season because of his slow recovery from knee surgery.[7]

On March 20, 2011, Pargo re-signed with the Chicago Bulls. On December 20, 2011, Pargo signed with the Atlanta Hawks.

[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.
  • Pargo is the brother of NBA point guard Jeremy Pargo.
  • Pargo is married to Malaysia Pargo, of the VH1 reality TV series Basketball Wives: LA.

[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
2009–10 Chicago 63 5 13.2 .346 .275 .933 1.2 1.4 .5 .0 5.5
Career 379 18 15.7 .388 .349 .861 1.5 2.0 .5 .1 6.6

[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
2009–10 Chicago 2 0 4.0 .200 .500 .000 .0 .5 .0 .0 1.5
Career 35 0 14.2 .370 .371 .711 1.4 1.6 .7 .1 6.2

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Gross, Larry (December 3-December 5, 2004). "Sports". Chicago Defender. BNET. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/607IjAu4x. 
  2. ^ Yahoo – Ex-Hornet Pargo signs one-year, $3.8 million contract with Russian club.
  3. ^ Reds add Pargo.
  4. ^ Former Hornets guard Pargo moves to Olympiacos.
  5. ^ Talkbasket.net Jannero Pargo leaves Olympiacos.
  6. ^ NBA transactions. Retrieved on September 25, 2010.
  7. ^ New Orleans Hornets release Jannero Pargo; knee injury rehab slow and was well behind Willie Green

[edit] External links

0 Teague | 1 McGrady | 2 J. Johnson | 5 Smith | 6 Hinrich | 7 Pargo | 12 Sloan | 15 Horford | 24 Williams | 27 Pachulia | 33 Green | 34 Collins | 42 Stackhouse | 44 I. Johnson | 77 Radmanović

Head coach: Drew | Assistant coaches: Conner | Bender | Hill | Gattison | Radulovic
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