"The way I look at negotiations is it can always come back. You never say never. These things are never final. Trust me," George Maloof told USA TODAY Sports. "I've been around enough negotiating over the last 30 years of my life to know that deals die and they come back. Somebody sleeps on it, they take a break and they say, 'You know what, maybe we consider this. … '

"It's a way of coming back as long as people don't give up. And I never give up. We'll never give up."