One leaves and the other follows the path. No, this isn’t the story of baby ducks following their Mama duck. Instead, it’s the Phoenix Suns that lost two veterans in a window of a month. First, Kevin Durant found his way out, joining hands with the Houston Rockets. Now, Bradley Beal, too, has found his new home at the LA Clippers. The mighty financial dominoes have fallen, but has the experience been great or bittersweet?

On Thursday, Beal shared an Instagram post with a series of snaps from his Suns era. In various jerseys and one caught between a dunk moment, the veteran guard seemed to be in his element. However, the last photo of the carousel with the 32-year-old hitting the victory sign has caught the eye. Most interesting of it all is the caption: “✌🏽”

Now, one of the Phoenix Suns’ fan accounts on X took a screenshot of Beal’s IG post and another screenshot of Kevin Durant’s “😂” below it. Posting this on X, the user captioned: “Good riddance, clowns.” And in no time, KD swooped in, in style, and dropped a cryptic message for user @SunsUniTracker: “Addition by subtraction.” 

Meanwhile, another X user commented on Durant’s opinion with “#Yes.” Once again, the Slim Reaper didn’t waste a moment and replied: “I’m happy for u brother, back to the hoops u love.” War of cryptics? Seems like it! Well, it’s not too hard to guess that some of the Phoenix Suns fans are happy that both Beal and KD are off the roster. And just so you know, Tyus Jones, Trae Young, Bam Adebayo, Josh Okogie, Monte Morris, Andre Drummond, and Theo Pinson also reacted to Bradley Beal‘s post.

The LA Clippers signed 32-year-old Bradley Beal to a two-year, $11 million deal with a player option on Wednesday after he cleared waivers, per ESPN. Beal chopped off $13.9 million from his towering $110,794,880 deal, and just like that, Phoenix found magic. With $96.9 million left, the Suns activated the stretch provision and turned two years of financial mayhem into a calm five-year breeze. Now, they owe only $19.4 million annually.

Meanwhile, Kevin Durant will earn around $50 million next season before he becomes a free agent in 2026. That’s all about the contract, because some latest revelations are rocking the NBA world. Because the Suns’ drama just got spicier than a hot wing in July. Durant and DeMarcus Cousins are trading jabs over locker room chaos. While Boogie hints at fights flying in Phoenix, KD’s playing the denial card. The saga sizzles on, and the tea’s hotter than Arizona pavement in August.

Kevin Durant is caught in a storm with a locker room fight

Kevin Durant and DeMarcus Cousins are trading barbs like it’s playoff season. After Cousins claimed on Run It Back that “fist fights” broke out in the Suns locker room, Durant clapped back, tossing more fuel onto the fire. The drama is still sizzling somewhere between sarcasm and smoke. “I have to contest this 94-footer. This some b——- to throw on us. Yea yea yea we were trash this year ha ha ha but we NEVER got close to this. NEVER,” Durant posted.

The Suns may have stayed silent, but the league’s loudest whispers are now tweets. After DeMarcus Cousins claimed locker room brawls went down in Phoenix, insiders waved him off. Yet Boogie doubled down with heat: “The source was one of your teammates killa 🤷🏿‍♂️ And I wasn’t referring to you! . Save this s— for the others homie.”

Then came Durant, calm but cutting. “Whoa whoa Boog,” he replied. “I don’t want no problems with you or anybody on earth. I promise. All I’m saying is your source is lying.” Shots were returned. But the truth is still tangled in emoji smoke and secondhand chatter.

Phoenix called the game, but the drama refused to check out. KD dipped with a mic drop, Beal flashed a peace sign, and fans clapped back with popcorn in hand. The locker room smoke still lingers, cryptic tweets fly, and cap space breathes easy. One thing’s clear—the Suns are rewriting their script, but the plot twists keep delivering like prime-time hoops.