Boston has zero shot at getting any of these guys. Why would Gasol leave Memphis for a colder place that has less of a chance at contending? Love is heading to The Lakers. Please let's forget these pipe dreams. NO BIG NAME FREE AGENT WILL EVER SIGN HERE!!! Ever! The weather is terrible, the night life is lacking and places like LA are more attractive.
Sorry to break it to you but as nice and cute as Memphis might be, Boston is a FAR better city. Kevin Love apparently loved his trip. KG loved it here. Rondo loves it. This sentiment is a little off the mark. Boston is not destination #1, but it's not #30 either. Boston is one of the best cities in the country ... better than most NBA cities. Weather and taxes do give worse cities like ORL an advantage, but it's not the city itself. Do you see FAs lining up for ORL now that they suck? No. If Boston is building/winning/showing promise, key FAs will be interested. Bank it. People like success, and they'll follow it to Boston if we're building and showing signs of progress. If we suck this season, we'll be less appealing and everyone will blame it on the weather.
Boston straight up more appealing than > Detroit, Memphis, Philly, OKC, Indy, Salt Lake, Milwaukee, Minny, Cleveland (9 cities)
Boston roughly equal to CHI, TOR, WAS, maybe POR (debatable, worse than Boston) (4 cities)
Boston equal or behind bc of weather and/or taxes, not the city or franchise itself = SAC, ATL, SA, DAL, HOU, NO, DEN, CHA, PHX (9 cities)
Boston less appealing than < NYK, BK, GS/Bay Area, LA, LA, Miami (glam, weather, city size advantages) (6 cities/teams)
I think I'm missing two teams, but you get the picture. Boston is pretty much smack dab in the middle of NBA cities as far as appeal goes. It is a better city than most, with the BEST history of any franchise, but it is knocked down a couple rungs because of higher taxes than FLA and TX and colder weather than southern and western states.
There are far worse places to be. Let's get over this nobody wants to play in Boston BS.