Jannero Pargo, a backup point guard and streak shooter for the Hornets last season will be plying his trade in Russia during the coming season, according to his agent.

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Jannero Pargo celebrates at the end of the first half against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in New Orleans.

Pargo will play for the Moscow Dynamo of the Russian League for a one-year contract worth about $4 million.

Pargo is one of many NBA veterans who’ve been enticed abroad by big money contracts that NBA can’t match.