He is a legitimate superstar who also manages to bring in the European market. "He plays with the Bucks 95 percent of the time. Some guys I went to high school with some guys who played college, and I leaked it at the opportunity at that game on a Saturday morning and everybody went absolutely nuts because for better or worse, Im kind of being your average guy, you do not think Peter Fiegins going to have the opportunity to become an NBA president to do it and these jobs are so rare and so incredible. She is like, "We're in this together." Whether youre building an arena, whether youre building infrastructure or a team, whether youre dealing with the same problems, it is really powerful to end up with, when you come up with conflict and problems or you need solutions, or you need smart brains to be able to pick up the phone with 5, 10 like-minded people who are dealing with the same stuff. "We know the reality is 18 months ago, no one would've said Giannis is one of the top five players in the NBA, so we've had really what we would call the Giannis Effect," Feigin explains. I dont know if thats a word, but I would attach myself. If you've been that lucky and you've been that blessed then you've got to share. "We were, time-wise, kind of lucky," Feigin says with a laugh. Its not really in a place where I could tell you, like, hey, heres our growth potential. I said, oh, its so good to get all your support. Talk about that. Lasry, who has been active in Democratic Party politics, has invited various campaign staffers. I mean, if I didn't have real responsibilities of a family and a wife, who actually says we need to live somewhere and stuff, I could get paid in gear. We've got Peter Feigin. Whos got next? Lee said. Peter: to anybody I thought was of great skill and value for selfish reasons to feel good. His friends, while the games are suspended, are trying to stay as prepared as possible. Peter: Yeah, I think number one is to explain kind of a small market. "It's going to be a blow-away experience beyond expectations for anybody that's been to a pro sporting event in the state of Wisconsin, that's for sure," Feigin says. Does he pass enough? I got to talk about the journey to the Bucks though. Holy cow pinch me because this is so awesome where it is.". And that is one of the best ways to summarize Peter's spirit. The one thing about you that I've seen over the years is that you keep the culture in a funny mood, right? So, then you start thinking about really building a district in a small city within a city. Peter: Which like, by the way, might evolve to 20%, 30% of an arena at some point. We don't have a business, not sure when we will have a business. Weve got Peter Feigin. And obviously, you have dealt with a little bit of this with Sterling Brown a couple years ago, so you guys happened to prepare for this a little bit. For more information on Engage or to book talent today, visit letsengage.com. It has huge value and its paid huge returns for us. Citation. They better know you, they better get you. He wants to know what the answers are. Right now, its very hard to figure out and understand where its going, because this is the wild West. And everyone was thrilled when Keefe showed up. How can we help each other and learn from each other? I mean, I probably publicly spoke for the first time in my life 100 times in the first 200 days to everybody from Lions Clubs to the barber shop, to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts to kind of preach how big a deal it is for city this size to have and keep an NBA team. Well, you know about the ice cream truck. Search We had weekly calls. And theyve got it on. Michael Red: Peter, Peter Feigin. And with that, Feigin became the business brains behind a team about to set NBA standards in architecture, basketball operations and technology -- only he didn't know it. Here is your example of everything you read everything you hear, everything he does is true. We have the DNA and the strength and this caliber of championship caliber team to really be attractive to the world. Just try to be quiet. Peter Feigin: Yeah. Please remember if youre going through Wisconsin, go and have some chicken tenders at the Cluckery. Right? Were going to pay you, but hey, youre going to work. They were trying to think of something that would be like. Thank you. "You will be in a business meeting on Monday with one of the 300-500 business executives in the town and you will see them some place later that week or the week after, unlike in New York City," he says. It's about doing things for the right reasons. And then I think on a parallel track, youre really building an infrastructure. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Peter Feigin discover inside connections to recommended job . So it was kind of building rapport and trust was the only way to kind of get this done. Yes, we are shiny toy people want to see how you build a project in time and under budget and how youd manage a project. The most meaningful thing that you can never take for granted is we gave about 850 part-time workers rings to get done. Unfortunately, I probably haven't changed mentally or emotionally since we met, but she's my teammate. Theres a lot of people that look up to you and want to be either the next Peter Feigin, or be an entrepreneur and do a startup. I really think its kind of a cycle of selflessness and kind of best practices. My wife and I have known each other since high school. Where were you on sports? Peter: You are doing your employees, your service, your limited partners so it is a huge process. Peter Feigin: Hey, John thanks for having me. I mean, now that I worked for three owners that are kind of in finance and private equity and guys who take real big bets and everything, I don't know if I was so much of a risk taker as I was kind of attention deficit and impulsive. Peter Feigin: And how do you rethink your strategies for retail? We had Chris Middleton and Giannis involved in it kind of conceptually, and really fun conversations with Giannis brother Costas had just won for the Lakers the year before. In a perfect world, how do we mesh them together to have one and one equal three? You miss falling on the ground, Dan Feigin said. Peter Feigin, the president of the Milwaukee Bucks, playing defense. So, whole different world kind of came around with COVID. And I know how much you love your brother and your family, your wife, your kids. Where does it sit? John: By the way, weve got with us today, Peter Feigin, hes the president of the Milwaukee Bucks. Because there's a lot of founders and entrepreneurs that listen to this as well and managing that dynamic with their family. I understood what a call to action was. You can follow Peter on Twitter at PFeigin. That sounds like a little piece, but that's a big piece in the world. Peter, before I let you go, I have to ask you. When you think about it, what else would you be doing? We call it volundeering. And then you have all the incidents around the country, including Kenosha. I just wanted to get it done and kind of move the needle and kind of. My son was a freshman at San Joaquin Memorial High School when Brook Lopez was there and he played with Brook under coach Pat Giles. I've got two brothers, my mom, my other family member. You and I go back since you came back to the Bucks or since you came to the Bucks and you guys have been incredible to me over the years since you've been in a position in Milwaukee and really grateful of our friendship over the years and how the organization has welcomed me back to the organization. Their experience is basketball. Social media has created an avenue to spread the Bucks' brand beyond Milwaukee and the United States. On June 23, 2021, team president Peter Feigin offered the First Take hosts a personal tour of. You cant replicate that., https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/sports/pickup-basketball-new-york.html. Peter Feigin: These are all massive, huge, systematic problems for generations that we've got to chip away from every day. And then kind of understanding that he knew I was kind of keen on the operation side and understood a team and an organization's P&L for a good way. Id worked for the New York Knicks. That's what and that's ongoing. And I think we find it like it's a responsibility where we can set the example and we can innovate and then we can shout it from the mountaintops. And lo and behold, kind of five, six years later, we've kind of accelerated it. And I think what happened in this year, in so many ways, was a great splash of ice water thinking like, "Boy, we got a long way to go." Basketball, Bradley Center, Bucks Gaming, ESports, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greece, Herb Kohl, Jamie Dinan, Jason Kidd, Marc Lasry, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, NBA 2K League, Peter Feigin, Scott Walker, wes edens, Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, WNBA Star Breanna Stewart Talks NBA 2K22, Her Sneaker Game And Becoming A Mom, Denver Educator's Inspiring Work With Black Youth Catches Attention Of Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic, After Doctors Save Coach's Life From Covid, Players Pay It Forward -- And Earn Special Surprise, 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' Has Something For Everyone, Copyright 2023 Sports Media Ventures, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center. That's actually a step up from the orange vests and hard hats he's been wearing in Milwaukee, constantly checking on the construction of the Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, the non-branded name of the arena. Its kind of like the unwritten rule: Dont argue about anything. And I believe in my heart that the Bucks were real leaders in that moment. And also, obviously some additions with Jrue Holiday and other great players we have this year. So, for us, it goes back to constantly being really honest and forthright about where you are and how you can improve. Thats the biggest change is the regional sports networks have changed dramatically. I think one of the big skills is, I definitely do not know the answer to everything and if youre able to Basically I do think I can solve anything. And that's what we try to do. Jan 16th, 2016 by Mayor Tom Barrett. Since 3-pointers are worth 2 points and 2-pointers are only worth 1, there is a strong premium on outside shooting. And we'll get to social injustice in a bit. John: Talking about teaching, we have 15 years of this podcast, so we have thousands of young people around the world that actually tune in and listen and when we have someone like you on, Id like to ask you this. I guarantee you'll find motivation and guidance from this remarkable man. Michael Red: And so, through all of the minutiae and all of 2020 and now going into the new season, which we're in now, managing to still focus the organization on winning the championship. We had to certainly do it on the resources, our facilities, we had to do it on the human capital, and then we had to change our whole perception which came from the owners on what we wanted to do on the court, which win an NBA championship and what we wanted to do off the court is be the innovators and be the leaders in the way we really operate. Peter Feigin, President of the NBAs Milwaukee Bucks and formerly Vice President of Marketing for the New York Knicks and Director of Marketing at Six Flags, joins me on the podcast today. Obviously, your assistant help set this up. From 2006-2014, the Bucks only made the postseason twice in eight seasons. He captained. Peter Feigin: And then I think, the bigger picture is we really have to accelerate becoming the world's team. John: Its fascinating you say that. You talk about advantages, just the osmosis at our dinner table was I knew in two seconds like I wanted to be in business. Peter Feigin: Yeah. And I think with time, you certainly kind of can take that. We screw around a hell of a lot, but let me tell you, if one of our guys was in trouble, if we need to circle the wagons, if they need advice on evaluating something they're doing, they know that it's extremely objective, it's immediate, and that's what we do here. Again, under the umbrella of collecting people and really having experience in a big way. 2023 ERI. So, I'm, as you know, extremely excitable and just want to kind of attack it and love the challenge. When Lee was shooting his film The Best Man, he brought the actors Taye Diggs and Morris Chestnut to the gym. We need to resource this place, like you cant imagine and we need to build an infrastructure that is beyond sound for growth, so not just day one. "Can you imagine? Lasry and Feigin met some 20 years ago when Feigin's identical twin brother, Daniel, was coaching Lasry's sons Alex and Zach for an elementary school basketball team in New York City.. Who negotiated in 2018 for the only NFL player to invest and buy 1% of the Bucks, Aaron Rodgers, being Aaron Rodgers, whose genius was that? And the family went into the most unique times that we've ever seen in our lifetime a year ago. How are we going to attack this?". Proud of him and all the success. MILWAUKEE Bucks President Peter Feigin helped lead the team to its first championship in 50 years, and now he has the . Youve got Wes Edens who has probably started up dozens of companies in private equity and has an unbelievable kind of entrepreneurial spirit. John: I dont want to skip over that. John: No question. Talk about all the nuances and the dynamics and the pressure was to lead through COVID. The people part is always tough. A lot of fun. And I didn't need to get paid. In 2014, Bucks President Peter Feigin lost his father to congestive heart failure. There are follow-up emails if his friends are slow to respond. That was my dream of dreams when I was a kid: Oh, my God. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. John: Like you said, the smartest people could take the most complex issues and just make them simple. Maria Natalia Mendez, a daughter of Dr. Nena Mendez and Dr. Hermann Mendez of Manhattan, was married Friday to Peter Feigin, a son of Barbara and James Feigin of Manhattan. By the way, Aaron is a fanatical basketball fan, and by the way, a regular classic Wisconsin superstar wants to come to a game, pays for his ticket wants to be left to watch the game. And probably about 15 years ago, Mark Lazari was looking to explore buying teams and they were in a parent conference, and my brother just said to him, Hey, my twin brothers over at Madison Square Garden he runs the marketing there he understands the P&L you probably get a kick out of him coming with you and giving you an opinion on what that was. Make a long story short, we probably spent the next 10 years having the most incredible adventures of going to do due diligence on teams that he was prospecting to buy. So, it really is kind of like all of us working together to figure out what the balance is. He and his wife, Natalia, have two children, Alexandra and Thomas. You build this infrastructure and skill set that is geared toward a championship. View career paths Pre-College Business Emerging Leaders (BEL) We've gotten through conversations. It would be fun to own a hundred McDonalds franchises and you guys would be great at that. The facilities part was easy. John: Hey, Peter. Last year, he was sidelined for several months while he recovered from an eye injury he had sustained in The Run. How do you end up managing the importance of numbers and capital. You had to kind of build the equity by saying what you're going to do and then doing it. Every Wednesday, Dan Feigin, now the director of Trevors Upper School on the Upper East Side, sends a mass email to determine who will be playing that weekend. "We didn't have much time," he says. Through Jan. 15, his PER of 29.82 was second in the league behind James Harden and just ahead of LeBron James and Stephen Curry. And I think of it, Michael, to answer the second part, it's like we thought we were woke. You sound super excited about the future. You really need to build equity and build trust especially in the Midwest youve. I'm just honored and grateful that you took the time to be on the cast today, man. Peter Feigin: They made it really simple. We're not only going to be public, we're going to privately help kind of move the cause and funding. Not only do you have to have the best facilities, the best resources, no reason for anybody to say, What want to be, you got to be good people. This again becomes a platform of an NBA brand extension that just explodes with engagement. Then you talk about what your leadership is and what your purse is so it all starts and ends with Giannis. But kind of like would say I kind of got to play through high school college with just grit and will and really like persistence and relentlessness. . Peter Feigin: Just, just listen, just listen. Marc Lasry, the co-owner of the Bucks, joined The Run when his sons were students at Trevor. Peter: Well, my dad was at Brooklynite so we were Mets and Jets. We are one big family. And if nothing else, like we kind of, I always answer everything pretty simply. If someone kills you, theyll give you the ball, Dan Feigin said. Peter: Thats great, thats one of the only times that questions been asked. None could have anticipated how it would grow over the years, or the motley crew of characters who would be drawn to it. John: Yeah. always network, and in my chance, it really happened with my identical twin brother who was running a private school in New York, which all of Marc Lasry's and Wes Edens's kids went to. That's the way we think about it. Going back into the past is something I wanted to ask you about. So, we see this great opportunity to lead by example and then to almost market and promote it as this should be more the norm than not the norm in a big way. It was important for us for our players, for our organization, for the city to stand up. And that, small short less than a year instance kind of just opened my eyes to like, "Oh, my God. People can find it at, I saw the website, it was Cluckery, cluckery.com, right? But I think, those are the things that like, yes, you can always pay people. We've got one of the global sports stars in the world. How exhausting was the bubble? So, he's at the All-Star game and I literally said, "It's too bad we're not on Zoom," because I'm holding these. Im sure somehow our paths will cross. I do." But was like loved and I think Im addicted. Youre going to have a lot of fun. Anybody who wants to joust with me or do anything, I was like, "Well, just tell me where you're against the equality. How do you get people who care? Defenders are responsible for calling fouls. Peter Feigin: I think we have a good structure with Jon Horst, who's really our GM and kind of really runs the basketball day-to-day. And then we kind of sat there until like, "Oh, my God." There's always joking, a lot of joking and the team, the organization from what I've heard and know of you is that they really, really, really appreciate your leadership within the organization. What would you be doing? Does he play defense?. Im so proud and honored to have this conversation with you today, and thank you for your generosity of your time. Michael Red: That's exciting, man. That was, Peter: That was it. Ive never seen less arguing in a serious pickup game, said Adam Keefe, a former N.B.A. But I could swear by the 10th time it happened, it was not an accident.. The whole world is on that balance, so part of what we haven't really talked about much is our culture here. So, you take away every form of a 20- to 30-year-old's life outside of basketball, you take away their family in a big way and by the way, then you isolate them, in basically like a stay at home kind of mode in the middle of a pandemic and really like social justice, kind of uprising while they're locked into a bubble. You can always have free coffee. But I'm sure [inaudible 00:30:10] the players in that process. Peter: Well, I think its leadership 101, youve got to grasp where you are number one, and this was a very distressed brand company position. With a B? Woodhouse recalled asking him. There's no living room, there's no central square, there's no big public park kind of in the middle of the city. It is the "snow equivalent to STORM SHIELD" - a great new product that gives you high resolution snow forecasts for any part of the nation! Its not just the players, but the way you get to honor so many of the others who put their blood, sweat and tears into helping make it a possibility. But Feigin also gives credit to video games. NBA all-star, olympic gold medalist & world-class investor. Peter: How do we envision the next day? Here's my conversation with Peter Feigin. And we skewed higher than most NBA teams. Like its going to streaming, its going to over the top, that is a huge change from all these local teams depending and getting guaranteed large dollar values for regional sports deals. That's right. My wifes born in El Salvador came here when she was 9 to Brooklyn. How do we make this more than equal?" So, for people who run businesses, to have an operator who's really geared up and wants to drive revenue is kind of like a positive thing, especially for Mark and Wes. He continues to build civic and business relationships around town through face-to-face interaction. Peter: administration, in aviation, in a $3 billion international aviation company, which was just amazing. So I've been ticketing him with $5,000 tickets, $50,000 tickets with little notes. It's like it really is part of your life. A, if you werent doing this and I know this is a dream job. I think thats like fair. Just what you said is like were always coming in this balance of how do we, we want Giannis to represent the Bucks brand. Feigin, who had held executive positions at Madison Square Garden, Marquis Jet Partners and NetJets, packed up his New York home and went to Milwaukee in 2014. Peter Feigin, President of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and formerly Vice President of Marketing for the New York Knicks and Director of Marketing at Six Flags, joins me on the podcast today. 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