Must be nice to be a team in a city where players want to go play.
We've signed top free agents three times in 5 years....
Three B-level stars. Still no cases of "the best of the best" wanting to play for Boston.
How many times have A) your so-called "the best of the best" been available & B) the Celtics have had cap space at that time to acquire them?
Durant was available and didn't choose Boston.
So, one guy. Once.
Small sample size, but not meaningless.
There was also AD making it clear he did NOT want to go to Boston, and that if he were traded to Boston, he would NOT stay with the Celtics beyond the time left on his deal.
And I'm not sure if we ever got a public declaration from Leonard or LeBron about Boston as a potential destination, but they at least made it clear by their actions that they preferred L.A. over Boston.
So, it seems to me that in the minds of the NBA's elite, Boston is an also-ran.
Second- and third-tier stars will come here because the Celtics have a good culture, a respected coach, and hey, Boston has to spend their money on
someone, right?
This is one big reason why Tatum needs to become a legit top-5 player, because those players aren't choosing to come here.