Jannero Pargo is a Chicago, Illinois-born American professional basketball player who is best known for playing for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association(NBA). Born on 22 October 1979, Jannero has played for several NBA basketball teams in his career, but is currently not signed to any of the teams. A successful basketball player, Jannero has been active in his profession since 2002.
One of the well-known basketball players of the NBA, one may wonder how rich is Jannero Pargos? As of early 2016, Jannero counts his net worth at the amount of $3.5 million. Needless to say, he has amassed his wealth by involvement in his basketball career for more than a decade now. Being a part of NBA and playing for several teams has been very significant in adding to Jannero’s wealth over the years.
Jannero Pargo Net Worth $3.5 Million
Raised in Chicago, Jannero was schooled in Paul Robeson High School, including palying baskeball for the school team. After graduating, he shortly attended Neosho County Community College in Kansas before transferring to the University of Arkansas where he played basketball to the standard where he drew the attention of NBA scouts. Pargo started his career in NBA from 2002. Initially he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers, for whom he played for two years, from 2002 to 2004. For a short time, he also played for Long Beach Jam and Toronto Raptors before finally signing with the Chicago Bulls in 2004. Obviously, this was a pivotal time in Jannero’s career when his success as well as net worth began to rise.
Jannero played for Chicago Bulls from 2004 until 2006 and then played with the New Orleans/ Oklahoma City Hornets for two years. After the 2007-2008 NBA season was over, Jannero went to Europe and played in the Euroleague for Dynamo Moscow and Olympiacos Piraeus. In 2009, he again started playing for the Chicago Bulls, but for one NBA season. Since then, he has played for the Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards and Charlotte Bobcats/ Hornets until his release in 2015. Obviously, being a part of all these teams in the NBA and Euroleague has played a major role in making Jannero a multi-millionaire athlete as of now.
During his career in NBA, Jannero has played in over 500 games and his career average PPG is 6.4. He played over 90 games in 2008 while he was signed to New Orleans and this was his most successful year as a professional basketball player in the NBA, averaging a career-high 10.4 PPG. All of these games have managed to make Jannero one of the successful basketball players in NBA as of now while also earning him millions of dollars on the way.
As for his personal life, Pargo is a divorcee and a father of three kids. He and his ex-wife Malaysia filed for their divorce in 2014. As of now, Pargo is enjoying his career as one of the most popular NBA players while his present net worth of $3.5 million caters to his daily life.
