that they’re not going to be above the luxury tax this coming year.

However, that doesn’t mean they won’t match. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Milwaukee is about $1.6 million below the luxury tax level of $69.92 million and is not expected to match the Timberwolves’ offer, although Hammond wasn’t tipping his hand on Friday.

“We have seven days in which to make our decision,” Hammond said. “We’ll explore all our options within that time period.”

Hammond has repeatedly said the Bucks will not exceed the tax level for the 2009-’10 season, and he expects to have considerably greater financial flexibility next summer due to a number of expiring contracts.

Hammond’s plan during the current offseason was to acquire players on expiring or low-cost deals, and he did that with veteran Kurt Thomas, 27-year-old power forward Hakim Warrick and 27-year-old small forward Carlos Delfino.

If the Bucks are intent on keeping Sessions, however, they could trade an existing player or make a deal that would net them about $2 million in savings. That could allow them to match Sessions’ first-year salary, which is estimated to be around $3.5 million.

that wouldn’t result in us giving up our FA run next off season.

If you were Milwaukee’s GM, wouldn’t you be trying to unload Gadzuric or Bell’s contract onto us?

Like Sessions and Bell for Cardinal.

If it got to that you may well have to say “keep him and pay the tax”.

When Sessions signed the OS with the Wolves, it prevented him from being traded to the team for one calendar year if Milwaukee matches.