Jeremy Pargo is still delivering in the biggest moments, and now the former Gonzaga guard has the Boston Ball Hogs one win away from a BIG3 title.
On Aug. 15 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Pargo was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. The 6-2, 220-pound guard, who was the 2007-08 West Coast Conference Player of the Year and is a three-time all-star in the 3-on-3 league founded by rapper Ice Cube, kept the momentum rolling in the semifinals.
Pargo buried a game-winning three-pointer to edge the Chicago Triplets, 50-47, and push Boston into its first title game. He finished that win with 14 points, four rebounds, and four assists, and the Ball Hogs will face the Dallas Power next Saturday, Aug. 22, at 11 a.m. PT on CBS/BET.
The 40-year-old was everywhere for Boston this summer. He led the BIG3 in total points with 180, assists with 35, three-pointers made with 20, and four-pointers made with seven, which set a single-season record.
Pargo also arrived in the BIG3 after another strong run overseas. Most recently, he played for Grindavik of the Urvalsdeild Karla in Iceland, where he won a league championship and earned MVP honors. In the title-clinching game against Tindastoll, he scored 48 points and hit 10 of 16 from three.
That latest surge fits the arc of a 17-year pro career that has taken Pargo to Israel, Russia, China, Italy, Lebanon, and Spain, along with three seasons in the NBA.
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