The Phoenix Suns are moving into the offseason with a clear message: they want to keep this group together. Coming off a 45-win season and an unexpected playoff trip, the team’s leadership said continuity will be the guiding idea as Phoenix tries to build on a year that changed the tone around the franchise.

General manager Brian Gregory said the Suns believe that staying intact should help them more than a sweeping reset. He said continuity is going to be a big positive and added that, for the first time since he arrived, the coach, staff and players are all coming back, which means the team can get into the gym with them in two weeks instead of waiting until July.

That matters because Phoenix is not approaching the offseason like a team searching for a full remake. The Suns intend to re-sign Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin, both of whom are unrestricted free agents, while Mark Williams presents a more complicated decision as a restricted free agent. Collin Gillespie is one of three main free agents discussed around the team’s next steps, and the organization has already made its preference plain: run it back and refine, rather than tear it apart.

Owner Mat Ishbia put that stance in even sharper terms. He said the team does take calls about opportunistic trades and ideas, but said the massive lean is to keep this roster together. Ishbia said he likes the team, likes where it is going, likes the direction of the organization, likes the culture and identity the Suns have built, and does not want to do anything silly to disrupt it. He added that the club will continue to lean into that approach and hopes fans will be proud of the direction in Phoenix.

The practical picture is already crowded. Phoenix has eight players under contract for next season: Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Royce O’Neale, Khaman Maluach, Ryan Dunn and Rasheer Fleming. Adding Haywood Highsmith, Jamaree Bouyea and Oso Ighodaro on non-guaranteed deals and team options brings the Suns to 11 players, with about $162.5 million on the books before any further moves and with dead money still attached to Bradley Beal, Nassir Little and EJ Liddell.

That leaves the Suns with a roster that is partly set, partly unfinished and firmly pointed toward continuity. The tension now is not whether Phoenix believes in the group — it clearly does — but how far that belief can carry a team that has already committed significant money and still has free-agent calls to make before the roster is settled.