Spokesmen for the Maloof family and Hansen declined to comment on the committee's recommendation.
"A chair leg may suddenly look a little heavy or a tabletop a little thick, " Maloof explained.
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"The House That Sam Built, " at San Marino's venerable Huntington Library, includes 35 splendid examples of Maloof's furniture.
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When an object is handmade, you can't help but commune with its maker, a phenomenon Maloof reveled in.
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Negotiations have also commenced regarding the establishment of an arena in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and George Maloof Jr.
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Maloof, owner of the Sacramento Kings basketball team and co-owner of the Palms Casino Resort, have all stopped by.
While that project won't break ground until at least 2004, a more immediate threat comes from Albuquerque's Maloof clan.
That is the paramount lesson and inspiration of Sam Maloof's life and woodwork, plainly visible in this Huntington exhibition.
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Brothers Joe, Gavin and George Maloof bought controlling interests in the franchise from Los Angeles-based developer Jim Thomas in 1999.
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Hansen has had a deal since January to buy a 65 percent controlling interest in the Kings from the Maloof family.
Like Jobs, Maloof aimed to imbue everyday objects with beauty and practicality, and recognized the role of intuition in achieving this.
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On Sunday, he tweeted that he intends to bring local investors together to make a counter offer to the Maloof family.
Here is the upshot for the Maloof family, who own the Kings.
Mr Hansen called the Maloof family "great stewards" of the NBA franchise.
Perhaps looking to capture a little of the Morton magic, Maloof even hired Michael Morton, Peter's younger brother, to oversee four of Palms' restaurants and bars.
Donald Trump is building a tower--Ivana is, too--as are actor George Clooney, veteran Strip players like Hard Rock founder Peter Morton and Palms' impresario George Maloof.
The Maloof family has agreed to sell the Kings to a Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen, the league confirmed in a statement Monday morning.
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The Maloof family and Hansen's group, though, kept on talking, leading to another deal for a higher price and a vote earlier this month by the NBA board.
Beholding folks settling into the spindle-backed number revealed Maloof's genius.
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Watching a video of Maloof cutting compound curves freehand into blocks of wood with a band saw is like watching Jimi Hendrix play guitar or Evel Knievel jump fountains.
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Hansen should keep the Maloof brothers on speed dial.
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Donald Trump is building a tower--Ivana is, too--as are actor George Clooney, club king Rande Gerber and veteran Strip players like Hard Rock founder Peter Morton and the Palms' impresario George Maloof.
The Maloof family reached a deal with the city of Sacramento in March for a new arena after a long, tourtous battle that last year saw the team almost move to Anaheim, Calif.
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"The NBA received an executed Purchase and Sale Agreement for the transfer of a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family to an investor group led by Christopher Hansen, " the league said.
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In the statement NBA Commissioner David Stern's office released Monday, the league confirmed it had received "an executed Purchase and Sale Agreement for the transfer of controlling interest" in the Kings from the Maloof family.
The Maloof family -- known for ownership of properties in Las Vegas, such as the Palms, among other business ventures -- has been trying for months to unload its majority owner stakes in the pro basketball franchise.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof standing together at center court, holding hands and raising their arms in triumph after both sides agreed to an arena financing plan to keep the NBA team in town for at least another 30 years.
For more than a year, the owners of the Kings, the Maloof family, former owners of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, have used the threat of a sale to outside investors to prod the city of Sacramento into putting together a new arena package.
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