If you think the Celtics are trying to trade Paul Pierce, think again.

``I'm just going to say what I've already said about it - it's ludicrous,'' Danny Ainge, in Chicago, said of an ESPN.com report that he discussed trading Pierce to Portland for the No. 3 draft pick and guard Nick Van Exel. ``I don't know where this stuff comes from.''

Though Ainge declined to discuss the matter further, two league sources said yesterday that Pierce talk has been almost nonexistent across the league.