Jannero Pargo is a professional basketball coach and former player from the United States. He played as the point guard for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League. He also played for the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets, and Chicago Bulls for about two years.
Six feet and one inch tall, Jannero Pargo was born at the end of the 1970s in Chicago, Illinois, the United States of America to African and American parents. He has one brother named Jeremy Pargo who is also a professional basketball player.
In 2006, Jannero got married to Malaysia Pargo. Malaysia Pargo is a reality TV star and she is mainly known for her appearance in the TV series Basketball Wives LA. The pair is parents to a child, a son named Jannero Pargo Jr. They got divorced in 2014. Pargo and his wife lived in Riverwoods, Illinois together since 2009, until their divorce. There is no information about his extra affairs.
Jannero was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. There he got enrolled at Chicago's Paul Robeson High School and he earned his high school graduation from there in 1998. Later on, he joined Neosho County Community College and he studied there till 2000. He has been playing basketball since he was in his high school days. While he was at Neosho County Community College, he also played for the college team for about two years and then he joined the University of Arkansas in 2000.
During the 2002 draft he was drafted by Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA and he played there for about two years. Later on, he joined Long Beach Jam, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, and so on. In 2008, he joined Dynamo Moscow (Russia) signing a contract worth $3.8 million. He played there for about a year and then he joined Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece).
Pargo joined the Oklahoma City Blue on February 2, 2016, and on February 23, 2017, he was waived by the Oklahoma City. Pargo was named as an assistant coach for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League on September 15, 2017.
Rodman has played with a lot of top-class players such as Steve Kerr, Dennis Rodman, and Derrick Rose.
In 2013, Pargo's Northern Chicago house was listed in the market for $2.4 million. The 11,000 square feet, seven bedrooms, and 8.5 bathrooms mansion stand on 2.78 acres of Riverwoods property.
In 2013, he earned a salary of 1.4 million USD. The exact figure of his current net worth is under review, however as calculated in 2016, Jannero Pargo has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
