{"id":231160,"date":"2009-09-11T18:41:48","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T18:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/09\/11\/bucks-decline-sessions\/"},"modified":"2009-09-11T18:41:48","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T18:41:48","slug":"bucks-decline-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/bucks-decline-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks Decline to Match Ramon Sessions&#8217; Offer Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/blogs\/sports\/59050727.html\">Charles F. Gardner<\/a>, <em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bucks general manager John Hammond confirmed today he will not match the four-year, $16.4 million offer sheet tendered by the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks were facing a 4 p.m. deadline to match the offer or relinquish the rights to the 6-foot-3 point guard.<\/p>\n<p>Now the 23-year-old Sessions will join the Timberwolves and could become the team\u2019s starting shooting guard in a tandem with rookie point guard Jonny Flynn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not going to match the Ramon Sessions offer sheet,&#8221; Hammond said today. &#8220;As always we will be diligent in looking to improve our roster. We wish Ramon the very best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota quickly turned its attentions to Sessions after failing to sign Spanish guard Ricky Rubio, the fifth overall pick in the June draft. 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