Jabrill Peppers has some strong feelings about Kevin Durant's critics
It seemed like everyone with a Twitter account fired off hot takes about Kevin Durant joining the Golden State Warriors.
The haters screamed “what a traitor” or “how could he take the easy way out?” Search “Durant” on Twitter, and you’ll get pretty much every opinion imaginable.
One of the millions with strong opinions on the matter was Michigan do-it-all junior Jabrill Peppers. The former five-star recruit doesn’t often take to Twitter to rant. But this subject obviously struck a cord.
So what makes Peppers’ hot takes different from the other millions? Well, he talked about the lack of parallels to the NBA and college football and how business was ultimately what made the decision.
Michigan fans might be interested in the semi-rant he went on:
So y'all mad at KD because he wants a ring? Y'all know it's not about the money..
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
He responded to someone who tweeted at him “not that but if you lose a national championship to a team 2 years in a row you gonna transfer there to win or beat them?”
Can't compare NCAAFB to the NBA. I mean I know how it look, but at the end of the day, the rings gonna mean more. https://t.co/3XoAoO5Qsx
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
Then his mentions blew up:
A ring is a ring. At the end Of the day, he really don't care what y'all say lol y'all gonna watch him anyway? https://t.co/VRj9aFM9q1
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
Lebron left his HOMESTATE, won 2 rings then came back and won a title for his HOMESTATE. KD move is just sus because they lost to GSW.
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
But if the people of Cleveland can get over what Lebron did. Those of you with no connection to KD can too ?
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
@JabrillPeppers there is no such thing as loyalty. Its business. They quicker people realize it, they will get out of their feelings quick!
— UMRocks (@MichiganManInGA) July 4, 2016
BINGO https://t.co/KsPpbOPEbl
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
I'm not lol Lebron is my favorite player, I'm just saying. Y'all gonna get over it, just like y'all did with him? https://t.co/fWl4OnUHKT
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
Don't get me wrong, I agree he's type weak for going to a team that beat him in the playoffs when they had them 3-1.
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
BUT it's a business at that level. Your grandkids or kids won't remember how he did it, nor will it matter.
— JP5 (@JabrillPeppers) July 4, 2016
There was actually a lot more, but that was the gist of it. To see every Peppers tweet related to the matter (there was around 20), scroll through his feed.
Not to look into Peppers’ tweets about making business decisions — he figures to have one to make about the NFL at season’s end — but it’s interesting to get a college athlete’s take on the sports story of the summer. Peppers knows what it’s like to go through the crazy recruitment process, which had similarities to the one that Durant went through.
But, as Peppers said, the two are different situations.