The truth is, if the Maloofs went public directly to Sac investors, they would've never got anywhere close to the $525 million valuation. The franchise was estimated to worth around $290 million as recent as last season. The only way for them to get this kind of money was to go to someone like Ballmer/Hansen.
Now, this is not to say that the Maloofs intentions were to let Sac match once they got the offer they wanted. They are scums for wanting to cut Kings fans out of their team and history.
Now that they are in position to cash out much more than they originally could, let's hope they take the money and use it to rebuild their financial empires elsewhere.
The sooner they sell, the sooner new ownership can take over and hire a good experienced coach that can put together a great team build around DMC and Tyreke!