The Russians Get The Pargo Virus

Jannero Pargo, last seen as the Hornet taking all the crunch time shots in an elimination game against the Spurs, becomes the latest valued NBA talent to take the Russian petro-dollar. He joins Moscow Dynamo, where he'll team up with Bostjan Nachbar in pining for groupies that don't outweigh him, but $4 million a year can make a man put up with such indignities.

This isn't just a case of Pargo chasing the bucks; the Hornets went too hard after Celtic James Posey to have the bucks to take care of him. But the drip-drip-drip that is the rest of the world tapping into the US talent pipe is getting louder...