Chris Paul remembers so fondly his days in Oklahoma City that he still knows exactly how much his rent was.

“I paid $750 a month,” he said.

The house where he lived during his first two years in the NBA — and the NBA's first two years in Oklahoma City — was in the Bristol Park addition in Edmond. It was less than a mile from the Hornets' practice facility, and according to Paul, proximity was its most redeeming quality.

“You could walk in the front door and fall out the back,” he said. “It used to smell like dog food all the time because when the wind blew, the dog food plant was right there.