Ainge: C's 'fielding calls' on possible trades

With the status of Marquis Daniels still largely unknown, Ainge may have to look to make a trade to land a small forward to back up Paul Pierce. With the trade deadline just eight days away, Ainge was asked if any deals were being discussed.

"First of all, we need to gather all the information on Marquis," said Ainge. "We're fielding calls, nobody seems ready to pull the trigger on anything. We have a competition meeting on Friday and have a chain to talk to people and then probably starting next Monday or Tuesday we'll start getting a little more serious about possible roster moves that we can make. Right now there's a list of about 15 or 20 different options and go from there over the weekend."

The final question for Ainge concerned the possibility of a return for Rasheed Wallace. All season long there have been rumors of Wallace perhaps coming back, but Ainge did not seem to endorse such a suggestion.

"My guess is that he's not in great shape and no I haven't had any contact with him," Ainge said. We're full of big guys, we have plenty of big guys."