The Maloofs may not be able to afford to keep the team.
Stern said today that he'd be talking to the Maloofs to try and quickly work out a finalized deal between them and Renadive in the next 24-48 hours. I guess the Maloofs could just keep refusing to sell to any Sacramento owner, but they aren't exactly secure financially and rumor is they want into the NHL. I don't know how they think any other league would want them at this point, but they are the Maloofs so stupid crazy ideas are their family crest.
They also finally started talking to the Sacramento press a night ago once they realized this relocation was getting officially rejected. Renadive and KJ said that despite reports they've ben tlaking to the Maloofs so *shrug*.