FanHouse Jannero Pargo

Unless you're a diehard fan of either the Hornets, Bulls, or Lakers, you might not be all that familiar with the work of Jannero Pargo. He toiled mostly in obscurity throughout his six-year NBA career, and is now out of the league and playing for Olympiakos in Greece.

Pargo spent his first season and part of his second with the Lakers, and as such, got to see plenty of Kobe Bryant. He must have been watching really closely too, because in the following video, he does an almost perfect impression of one of Kobe's patented jump-shots.

Crystal Ballin' takes a team-by-team look at what should, could, and probably will happen in the June 26th NBA Draft.

Now that the Birdman (Ka-kaw) is back, the Hornets are really only one or two pieces away from contending for a championship that they could have won last year anyway. Which makes this pick tough -- New Orleans certainly has needs, but whether or not those can be immediately answered at 27 will determine whether they actually end up pulling the trigger on any first rounders.

Picks: #27

Needs: A scorer from the two. They need some frontcourt depth too, but they can acquire that without having to use a draft pick. Not to mention an immediate offensive impact shooting guard takes the pressure off of Peja and Chris Paul (vis a vis Jannero Pargo seeing more minutes at the point).

Best case scenario: Chris Douglas-Roberts or Courtney Lee somehow drops to the Hornets in the first ... which a lot of mocks actually have happening. I think they gets pulled on before then but, oh, the three letter nicknames we'd see. Give me a second, I'll figure something out for Lee.

Jason Kidd picked up a flagrant-2 foul with 7:16 left in the fourth quarter and the Mavericks down 16 points to the Hornets at home. Kidd went up to defend against Jannero Pargo's drive to the hoop, and originally appeared to be defending the basket as casually as possible, until he wrapped his palm around Pargo's neck and didn't let go until Pargo hit the floor.



Kidd hung around by Cuban at the end of the entranceway to the locker room before heading out as the refs did a review to see whether it should be a FF2 or not, and uh, after you watch that sucker in full slow replay, it most definitely should. I bet Devin Harris wouldn't have done that.

Seriously though, that's a pretty bad time for the veteran/experienced point guard to get ejected because he's frustrated. I get that you're down 15 or so with not much time left, but it's the playoffs, Kidd. Back against the wall and what-not. Come on, man. Oh yeah, and that more or less accurately represents Dallas' collective understanding that this series is ov-ah.

HT: Odenized

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Cup of Coffee
Gerald Wallace sure wasn't gone long. Last week's Eastern Conference Player of the Week was back wrecking shop again last night, scoring 22 points with 11 boards and three assists. He played 48 minutes too, which is always nice. Sam Vincent has said mentioned the wear and tear that playing the four puts on Wallace, yet continues to start him there. I don't want to say sell high, because Wallace is an absolute monster but I am a little concerned about is durability the rest of the way home.

Hot Cakes
Chris Paul deserves a lot more MVP talk but it hasn't hurt him that the NO supporting cast has been better/healthy this year. Jannero Pargo was the lastest helper, posting a season high 24 points off the bench last night; with Morris Peterson being highly ineffective -- only seven double digit outings since December 1 -- and the Hornets likely wanting to treat Peja Stojakovic with kid gloves in the second half of the season, it's possible that Pargo will see his playing time ratcheted up. Plan accordingly.

Kirk Hinrich may be the devil. After missing a few games with a bad back, fantasy owners were likely concerned about keeping him in the lineup. He responded by going off for 38 points and 10 dimes last night against the Pacers. Gee. Expect Hinrich's scoring totals to stay high while Luol Deng misses time (up to three weeks) and with Ben Gordon hurt (sprained wrist) as well.