The buck stops here

[Tammo29@xxxxxxx]

   Obviously we can now stop blaming Gaston for the Baker trade.
   
<A HREF="http://www.bostonherald.com/sport/celtics/cs01302003.htm";>http://www.bostonherald.com/sport/celtics/cs01302003.htm</A>:

*****But, while acknowledging there are risks to any deal, Wallace is 
standing his ground. 
And he isn't passing the buck on the trade to Paul Gaston.

``No, he didn't make this deal,'' said Wallace.

Gaston, the now-former owner, told Wallace only that he couldn't go over the 
veteran minimum to re-sign Rodney Rogers. Further, if Gaston were trying to 
make a sale more palatable, the Baker deal is the last he would have wanted 
because it loads the Celtic payroll for three more years after this.*****