By Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Sep 11, 2009 at 10:13 AM

If you were thinking about buying a Ramon Sessions Bucks jersey for yourself or a loved one, you can make alternate plans.

Sessions is now a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Minnesota signed Sessions to a four-year, $16 million offer sheet last week. The Bucks declined to match it, in effect saying "Adios, Ramon."

Matching the Sessions offer would put the Bucks' payroll over the salary cap ($69 million) and prompt them to pay a luxury tax of about $2.5 million.

The Bucks, who have never been over the threshold, aren't really in a mode to do that now given the economy, ticket sales, sponsorships, etc.

With Sessions gone, the Bucks have to figure out how they will replace his 12 points per game, not to mention Jefferson's 20 and Villanueva's 16.

With Michael Redd coming back from a knee injury and a roster dominated by young players, it could be a long winter at the Bradley Center.

If you're thinking of buying that jersey, go ahead and make it a Brandon Jennings model. He'll be around for a while, and he'll be getting plenty of playing time.

Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Host of “The Drew Olson Show,” which airs 1-3 p.m. weekdays on The Big 902. Sidekick on “The Mike Heller Show,” airing weekdays on The Big 920 and a statewide network including stations in Madison, Appleton and Wausau. Co-author of Bill Schroeder’s “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers” on Triumph Books. Co-host of “Big 12 Sports Saturday,” which airs Saturdays during football season on WISN-12. Former senior editor at OnMilwaukee.com. Former reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.