During his collegiate career, Pargo averaged 9.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game. The Bulldogs were very successful during Pargo's time at the school, qualifying for the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 NCAA tournaments.
On May 24, 2011, Pargo signed a new two-year contract extension with Maccabi. However, he broke the contract, and on December 10, 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, with his successful EuroLeague season not having gone unnoticed.[5]
On January 22, 2013, Pargo was waived by the Cavaliers.[7]
On February 7, 2013, Pargo was signed to a ten-day contract by the Philadelphia 76ers.[8] On February 18, 2013, Pargo was signed by the 76ers for the rest of the 2012–13 season.[9] He was waived on April 1, 2013, when the team signed Justin Holiday.[10]
2013–14 season
Pargo with CSKA Moscow, 2013
In June 2013, he signed a two-year contract worth $5.2 million net income (€4 million) with the Russian club CSKA Moscow.[11]
2014–15 season
On July 24, 2014, Pargo and CSKA Moscow reached an agreement to part ways. Later that day, Pargo signed a two-year deal with his former club Maccabi Tel Aviv.[12]
2015–16 season
On July 4, 2015, he parted ways with Maccabi, signing with the Chinese club Zhejiang Lions for the 2015–16 CBA season.[13]
On April 27, 2016, Pargo joined the Italian club Reyer Venezia, for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[14]
On July 11, 2018, Pargo signed a one-year contract extension with Maccabi Tel Aviv.[23] Pargo won the 2019 Israeli League Championship with Maccabi, winning the Israeli League title for two consecutive years.
On February 8, 2020, Pargo signed a 10-day contract with the Golden State Warriors.[26] In his debut the same day against the Lakers, Pargo appeared in an NBA game for the first time in six years, 316 days — the sixth-longest gap between game appearances in NBA history. Pargo posted 15 points in a 112–106 loss to the Phoenix Suns.[27]
On November 1, 2021, Pargo signed with Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[30] On January 10, 2022, he was traded from the Santa Cruz Warriors to the Windy City Bulls.[31] Napoli and Pargo mutually parted ways on January 25, allowing him to return to the USA. He averaged 9.6 points and 3.6 assists per game in his tenure with the Italian team.[32]
In January 2025, Pargo signed with Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[36] In his debut, he scored 25 point in a 95–104 win against Þór Þorlákshöfn.[37] He appeared in six regular season games where he averaged 25.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists. In the first round of the playoffs, he helped Grindavík knock out reigning national champions Valur, 3–1.[38]
After not starting the 2025–2026 season with Grindavík, he rejoined the team in January 2026, replacing Khalil Shabazz.[39] He played the final six games of the regular season, helping Grindavík to the best record in the league.[40]
The Basketball Tournament
In the summer of 2017, Pargo played in The Basketball Tournament (TBT)—a single-elimination winner-take-all tournament—for team Few Good Men (Gonzaga alumni). He averaged 13.3 points per game (PPG) and helped take the team to the Super 16 round of TBT 2017, where they lost to Team Challenge ALS, 77–60. In TBT 2018, Pargo played for Overseas Elite, the three-time defending champion. In six games, he averaged 7.7 PPG, 3.3 assists per game and 2.3 rebounds per game. Overseas Elite reached the championship game and defeated Eberlein Drive, 70–58, for their fourth consecutive TBT title. In TBT 2019, Pargo and Overseas Elite advanced to the semifinals where they suffered their first-ever defeat, losing to Carmen's Crew, 71–66.[41]