Those numbers represent the Thunder’s current roster. They don’t account for potential departures of key rotational players between now and the Feb. 6 trade deadline. “Everybody always tries to tell your story,” Paul said. “Everybody said I didn’t want to be here either. You know what I mean? I think for us it’s just about continuing to play hard and not get ahead of ourselves. Understand it’s a lot of season left. We just got above .500. You take the small victories.”