Yeah, the Suns wanted Brown and were willing to eat Forte in the exchange, Wallace demanded they take Joe Johnson instead.
The Vin Baker trade was on Thanks, Dad!, however. Wallace was ordered to get Boston under the luxury tax line, and as bad as the contract was, it reduced Boston's payroll that year and got them a share of the first disbursement (back in those days there were two luxury tax disbursements, the pool was divided by 29, and each team under or at the line given a full share, after that the remainder was divided by 29 and a second disbursement given to everyone). I think at the time we calculated that the Baker deal produced around $6 million for the soon-to-be-sold Celtics.