Another disappointing Suns season is over, prompting questions about what transpired over 82 games and what lies ahead during an important summer.

Let the players tell you in their own words.

As the games concluded, The Athletic collected answers from nearly every Suns player (only T.J. Warren and George King escaped our three-person team at Wednesday’s exit interviews) on the following four topics:

What will you remember most about this season?

What is the biggest lesson you learned?

What most gives you hope about the future?

What are your offseason priorities?

Here is a sampling of their answers:

What I’ll remember most

Kelly Oubre Jr.: “My last game of the season (March 16 in New Orleans). There were just so many ups and downs that whole game. Coming out with the victory. Scoring a career-high (32 points) in my hometown. Seeing my mom and my little brother and my dad, everybody, it was just very surreal. But I wasn’t really feeling right. The next day, I had to get the MRI (on my thumb) and got the news that my season would be over about five or six games short. It was a high and a low for me, but at the end of the day, that adversity is just something along my trail of life. I gotta get through it. I’m faced with this task now, but I’m gonna come back better than ever.”

Deandre Ayton: “When Jamal (Crawford) hit that game-winner in Milwaukee (on Nov. 23). That was a great, memorable moment. Us playing our hardest in Oracle and beat the Warriors (on March 10). I felt togetherness and (saw) the future in that one game.”

De’Anthony Melton: “(The finale in Dallas), for sure. I was watching Dirk (Nowitzki) for a minute, too, so just to see the way (played) to top it off. Jamal goes out and scores 50. Those two are great players, just watching them go at it, it’s special.”

Elie Okobo: “My first game against Russell Westbrook (on Oct. 28). I had 18 points. Isaiah Canaan got hurt after a couple minutes of the game. I don’t think I was supposed to play that game. I was ready and I played well. That was probably the best game I had.”

Dragan Bender: “We had some pretty different moments this year — ups and downs. I think it’s a memorable season in both ways. For me, it’s just gonna be the people I made friends with this year. Ryan (Anderson), Jamal, guys like that. I think that was the most important thing for me this year.”

Mikal Bridges: “That little win streak (in December) that we had that we were just out there having fun playing. That was probably the biggest moment for me.”

Ray Spalding: “My significant moment would probably be when I was released as a rookie (by Dallas). And finishing it here. I’ll definitely hold on to those moments. I’ll never forget that.”

Richaun Holmes: “Just the way we stuck together this year, the entire season. Everybody kind of gets along. It’s been fun being around everybody. Just the locker room (environment).”

The biggest lesson I learned

Devin Booker: “That’s a tough question. I learned a lot through the season from so many different people. Being a sponge to the game and just sitting back and observing from different types of guys. I keep bringing up Jamal, but that’s somebody I (got) really close with. Coach Igor (Kokoskov). Just picking everybody’s brains. There’s so many aspects to the game that I feel like I’ve gotten better at.”

Josh Jackson: “None of us are quitters. I’ve never seen this team, or any guy on this team, quit at any moment of the season, any game, no matter what the score was. We’re all competitors. We want to win. We know what we have to do to get there. It’s just about doing it and being consistent at it.”

Tyler Johnson: “One, get acclimated just to a whole new group of personalities. Two, just finding a situation where you (take) a lot of talent and figure out how to make it mesh and get into a winning environment and situation. I thought we really (thrived) there for a little while, where we were playing really good basketball (in late February and early March). Hopefully we can take some of those things and work on them this summer and take them into next year. The thing that changed for me the most was how to be more vocal. In past years, I was one of the younger guys, actually. There were other guys who were being more vocal and leading that way. But here, not only did I have to lead by example, but I also had to be the voice sometimes. There were just times when you could see that it was necessary. … It definitely pushed my comfort zone.”

Jamal Crawford: “I have great patience. There were a lot of lonely nights sitting in the condo thinking and just dealing with frustration, dealing with different challenges, dealing with how to really lead. This is the most I’ve ever spoken on a team. I’m usually quiet, believe it or not, and then once I get to know you, I’ll talk. The teams I’ve been on, I’ve had other leadership guys who are vocal. Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan, Blake Griffin, those guys were kind of the leader, so I kind of led by example. So I just learned, I think, that part, for sure.”

Troy Daniels: “I actually learned a lot about myself. This season obviously didn’t go the way we wanted it to go. Me being patient throughout the whole year, it’s been tough, it’s been hard. I kind of make it look easy sometimes, but it’s tough as a basketball player and as a man. Just knowing there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, knowing everything is not always going to be like this. Wherever the time comes where the light is, enjoy it, because I’ve seen the other side.”

Jimmer Fredette: “(To) be able to be back on an NBA floor was great. I hadn’t done that in a long time, so to be able to get back, see the flow of the game, see how it works again, was something that was fun for me. I’ll take that into the summer to work on things that I need to do get better and then go from there.”

Oubre: “I just kind of got out of my own head and kind of let my game speak for itself. (I) stopped thinking so much, and just kind of went out there and played my best basketball that I’ve played in my career.”

Ayton: “I learned the hard way, which is perfect. I think I’ve seen the trenches of this league, and I can learn from it. I wouldn’t say I went through all bad. We did a lot of great things, learned a lot of great things. I think I definitely got better, stronger (physically) and stronger mentally, as well. When things don’t go my way, I still try to find some way to win.”

Melton: “Stay level-headed. It’s a long season. You never know what can happen. Sometimes you have to take your mind off the game. You can’t wear yourself out. But you’ve also got to stay focused and locked in at all times, too. So just to be able to find that balance on the court and off the court.”

Bridges: “Every game is going to be a fight. There are no easy games. There’s no easy person to guard. There’s always gonna be a tough matchup every game, and you’ve got to be prepared no matter what.”

Spalding: “This career and this atmosphere is a business. It hit me negatively, but also positively. It’s made me a stronger person for myself and my family. I really grew up a lot this season.”

Bender: “You never know what’s gonna happen. It can go all the way up and all the way down in two days. You’ve got to stay ready. You’ve got to be able to push yourself in those tough moments and stay locked in and continue what you’re doing.”

A reason I’m hopeful

Booker: “We had our challenges. We had our bright spots. We had our low spots. But I think, altogether, I think going into the summer, us as a team, we’re gonna take those bright spots when we were playing really good basketball and be motivated by that. The culture was changed at this time. We just talked about that as a team — we were coming into the practice facility just ready for the next game. … Those stretches gave us hope, and we’re gonna build on it.”

Ayton: “I get mad at us sometimes. We play so well and we have so much talent. Guys on this team, if you look at every guy and break down their background, every guy is a winner. They were that guy on their team. Just to see us lose a handful-amount of games is just kind of crazy, because I have seen all these dudes in their best form possible come all the way to the league. (We need) just all of us really sitting down going into next season, and really getting to know each other personally. Really getting under each other’s skin, but not in a bad way, but to know each other’s flaws.”

Jackson: “Thankfully, we love all the guys that have ever played for our team. They’ve all been great people and great players. It’s been pretty easy to gel with everybody and gain chemistry, but it’s something that definitely takes time. We’re not exactly where we want to be yet, but if we can stick together for a while longer and continue to learn and grow together, we could be really special down the road.”

Oubre: “Our confidence went through the roof (during that stretch of five wins in seven games). We realized what we were capable of and we stuck to who we are. … We started to turn the corner.”

Daniels: “Every team needs a shooter. You can get paid quite a bit of money if you can play D and shoot the 3. I’m not gonna say I know I have a job, but my talent and what I do translates throughout the league. Wherever I’m at (as an unrestricted free agent), I hope it’s a good spot (or that) I’m back here. I’ve just got to give it my all every day.”

Okobo: “Just being able to play in the NBA. I just love to compete against the best players. A couple good games I had, a couple good practices, I was feeling more vocal with guys as a point guard and everything. I am close to being better and being consistent. I want to have a long career in the NBA and be a good point guard.”

Spalding: “These guys in this locker room. The coaching staff. The strength coaches. The players individually, they always talk to me and let me know what I need to work on. (They) let me know what I’m doing well, let me know when I need to pick myself up. These individuals in this locker room, they really look after me. It’s kind of surreal, because I’ve been here for only two months and I’m already really close with most of these guys. It’s a blessing to have that friendship with guys in the short amount of time that (I’ve been here).”

Holmes: “Seeing the good moments we had, where we saw what we could be. Just going on and working on that during the summer, I think everybody’s gonna get better. Everybody’s gonna work on their game and be better for next season.”

My offseason priorities

Booker: “Just everything. Mindset standpoint, staying locked in. I’m going to sit down and analyze the playoffs very closely and try to put myself in a mental space that’s very similar without being there. And just trying to lead. Get guys together, it doesn’t have to be on the court, to watch a game together. I think that’s gonna build the trust and have our mindset ready to where it needs to be.”

Ayton: “Taking the ball off the rim and pushing it. That’s what I’m gonna be doing next year. I really look up to Giannis (Antetokounmpo) when he does stuff like that, how he controls the ball in transition, because it opens up the floor for everybody. Shooters are in their corners. It’s unusual for a big dude to be dribbling that much, so everybody thinks they’re guarding their man, but no, he’s coming full steam ahead. … Somebody’s gonna have to help a little bit, and that’s when shooters get open. That’s what I’ve been studying a lot. And the 3-ball. I’m gonna need that.”

Oubre: “Just get back to the fundamentals, the basics. That’s always the foundation for me. But also just getting more comfortable with the ball in my hand — creating for myself and creating for others — is the most important for me. I can score. I don’t think that’s something that I have a problem with. I can definitely get better in those aspects 100 percent. But at the end of the day, creating for others is something that I can add to my game and take me to the next level.”

Johnson: “It’s gonna be a lot of different things. My goal is to play 82 games next season. So the biggest thing is getting my body right. Continuing to work on my mental preparation. I think that basketball, after a certain point in time, you understand what the reads are, you understand what coverages are. It’s can your body withstand being able to do that over and over and over again at a high level?”

Bridges: “Get stronger, for sure. Just lifting all the time. Sticking with it and continue that for however many weeks until the season starts back up. My first play, (I noticed everybody’s strength). It just happened. They’re physically strong and move so fast.”

Jackson: “One, I think should be my ballhandling. Another, I want to keep moving in the same direction I am with my 3-point shot. I think I’m on a pretty good grind with that.”

Daniels: “This is Year 7 for me. Just critiquing everything that I already do. I’m not gonna come in and be LeBron James next year, obviously. I’m gonna come in and be one of the elite shooters in the league. So just getting better at those things. Obviously, ballhandling I’ve been working on the past two summers, and I’ve seen quite a bit of improvement in my game with it. And defense. And just eating the right way. In the summertime, you don’t really have people on your back, telling you what to do all the time. So as a professional, you have to take care of your body, eat the right way, get enough sleep and work on your game. I’m not gonna say it’s hard to do that in the summer. We still wanna have our fun. But at the same time, you gotta be professional.”

Holmes: “I’m gonna get back to 3-point shooting. I think this year was more of a defined role for me as a pick-and-roller. But I’ve been working on my shooting and will get back to playing how I play.”

Okobo: “Just keep working on the playmaking. I want to make sure I don’t do stupid mistakes. No stupid turnovers. Make sure I can find everybody the right way. That’s the main thing. At the beginning of the season, the game was really fast for me. I think it’s like that for most of the rookies. Just trying to make sure you’ve got Book on the wing, you’ve got Deandre, you’ve got Josh, you’ve got Mikal and Kelly. You’ve got a lot of good guys who can do a lot of stuff on offense, and you’ve got to make sure you can find them.”

Bender: “As a skilled player, especially the way this league is going, you have to be able to shoot the ball from outside really well to be on the court. And then obviously the other things that follow — being able to put the ball on the floor, play a little bit in the post, being able to understand the game — is a huge thing for a player like myself.”

Spalding: “Really gaining more mass, gaining more weight, will help me out a lot. Just focusing on that. Focusing on more shooting, more ballhandling. Communicating better. That will come with age, of course. But just looking forward to getting better.”

Crawford: “I spend a lot of time with my family, but I do a lot in the (Seattle) community. I do camps. I do a barbecue for the whole city. I do backpack giveaways. I do my summer league. I work with Seattle Children’s (Hospital). I can really give back while I’m home, but of course, I’m always playing and staying in the gym.”

Fredette: “I’m gonna take some time off, of course, for a while. Be able to see my family and relax. It’s been a long season for me, all over the world. That’s the first thing. And then after that, get back to work. Work on every aspect of the game. I need to get better in, obviously, a lot of areas. And all of our team does.”

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