Argumentum ad Populum
A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it.
Just because the popular opinion is to hate the Kwame Brown signing, that doesn’t make it a bad signing.
Kwame Brown is not Tyson Chandler, he’s not Nene, he’s not Marc Gasol, and he’s not DeAndre Jordan, but he is a serviceable backup center that can rebound and defend the post.
Kwame Brown has had the #1 pick label looming over his head his entire career. It’s like the Mike Dunleavy situation. Warriors fans absolutely despise Mike Dunleavy, but it’s not Dunleavy’s fault that the Warriors drafted him 3rd and then followed that up with a long-term, big-money deal. And it’s not Kwame’s fault that Michael Jordan was and still is a bad talent evaluator.
Just because Kwame Brown didn’t end up being the player that some thought he would be coming out of high school, that shouldn’t supersede the abilities that he does possess. The Warriors need rebounding and defense. Kwame provides some of that.
So what’s the big deal?
Is it the money? The Warriors overpaid, but similar to the Jeff Green situation in Boston, you have to overpay for a one-year deal to keep that salary cap flexibility for next offseason. It’s not like the Warriors just gave him $24M over the next three seasons. He won’t cripple their salary cap for multiple seasons like Erick Dampier, Jason Caffey, Adonal Foyle, and list goes on. He’s just a placeholder until the Warriors can get somebody better, which is reflected with the one-year deal.
If the Warriors signed a former 28th pick named Clubber Lang that possessed the same skill set (and iron hands) as Kwame Brown, people would just think, “Wow, the Warriors overpaid, but at least it’s only a one-year deal and the Warriors will still have cap space to potentially make moves next offseason.”
But since it is Kwame Brown, people are saying, “I need to reevaluate my life.”
