TILTON, N.H. — Soon it may be Paul Pierce who will want to meet Wayne Selden — the rugged, 6-foot-5-inch, 220-pound, five-star college basketball recruit from the Tilton School — and not the other way around.

“Not yet,” responded the Roxbury native when asked if he’d spoken with the Celtics forward since committing to Kansas, Pierce’s alma mater. “I wish. I wish I had.”