Beal's use of just the peace emoji to say goodbye prompted laughs from several other stars across the NBA. Former teammate Durant simply commented a laughing emoji on his post. Another former Suns teammate, Tyus Jones, who recently signed with the Magic, commented "aye man" with two laughing emojis.

Many NBA stars commented on the post, acknowledging the little effort put in by Beal on his farewell post. Kevin Durant and Bam Adebayo commented with a simple laughing emoji. Trae Young wrote 'Not the deuces" with a peace sign and laughing emoji following. In 106 career games with the Suns, Beal averaged 17.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

Kevin Durant is pushing back against fans celebrating a "new era" of the Phoenix Suns following his trade to the Houston Rockets and the buyout of Bradley Beal.