And he has represented at the highest level. On the team, it takes extreme like investment to keep it. Ive never seen less arguing in a serious pickup game, said Adam Keefe, a former N.B.A. How do you create a hermetically sealed bubble for people to compete in on a campus and all the thousands of touch points, people, logistics and everything? With your owners and partners and this great group of people you put together, whats the future look like for the Bucks and what can some of the fans expect in the upcoming season? We've gotten through conversations. His friends, while the games are suspended, are trying to stay as prepared as possible. But you would say I kind of got to play through high school college with just grit and will and really like persistence and relentlessness. 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. Before we started this interview, you took a little break and said, John excuse me for a second because someone very special stopped by. Talk a little bit about the ice cream truck, the ice cream man. Michael Red: So, I did some research and so, the sources got back to me. So I'm never a great example of where the balance is and what the cut off is in everything because it's all one big puzzle to me. Then I think as we keep exploring and kind of whats happening with online gambling and whats happening with NFTs and whats happening in the ticketing business, that it all evolves with technology, will be really interesting. 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. The one thing about you that I've seen over the years is that you keep the culture in a funny mood, right? Welcome to the impact podcast, Peter. Jesse the Jet, no question. But, you want to be in a place where people care about you? John: Its so amazing you say that. I think thats like fair. When I was looking at the website, I was like, man, I cant wait to taste that chicken. Its been talked about the whole Giannis effect. In all, about 100 players have played in The Run over the decades, some more luminous than others. So, these guys are thrown into a world where they're responsible for everything, they assume they know everything, and what their experience is. Twin brothers Peter and David Paul are best known for their role in The Barbarians (1987). And how did that all come about? And Giannis knows whether we're talking about a big deal, whether we're talking about marketing, he knows those socks like he's good with, he owns me for a month now, he owns me. But usually, The Run comprises a core group of 15 to 20 players who range from 16 to 58 years old. We don't have a business, not sure when we will have a business. Youre the ultimate insider. John: Unbelievable. How could we not be good at quick serve restaurants? I played soccer and basketball, not overly blessed with athleticism. How do you get people who care? Its not the right environment for everybody. It really is. Because I don't think we're really worried about kind of like we would think half a million people are going to die, that what would happen to hospitals and ICUs and things like that. My fantasy, I had two fantasies growing up. And we sat down as organization with the players, with the owners, with the executives and just said like, "Oh, we're going to double down." We want to win. And I think it was like a checkpoint for us certainly, but for the whole country on like, "Boy, this is one of those inflection points that we've got to make matter in a big way." We have large sections that you never think about 10 years ago that people hang out at a bar, never have a seat, never, standing room only. I became the president of the company for a number of years, and then we got absorbed by NetJets and took on that role at NetJets for a couple of years, and really learned incredibly, had this opportunity to learn P&L and operational. So, we stopped having basketball games and we stopped having concerts and we stopped. I just wanted to get it done and kind of move the needle and kind of. Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin received the Crystal Living Legend award from founders of the Black Inventors Gallery at a meet-and-greet with business leaders Wednesday. Holy cow pinch me because this is so awesome where it is.". It has huge value and its paid huge returns for us. How could we reduce our costs immediately knowing that we weren't operating? Going back into the past is something I wanted to ask you about. I think Wes Edens and Aaron Rodgers had been friends for awhile. Are you allowed to talk about that, Peter? Its incredible and not many people get to do it, lets be honest, when you get to actually live your dream and go to the top. The arena is Feigin's baby, and he's almost ready to show it off, as doors will open next season. I think COVID, like everything, slowed us up for about a year, but we're back on it. Well, I think again, it kind of goes back to we thought we were this awakened organization because our percentages looked good. Even though you think youre such a great brand, there are a hundred things that happen in New York a day that youre one of the elements. Michael Red: So, the Recruiter became the President basically? While previous owner Herb Kohl, the five-term U.S. senator from Wisconsin, stood in high regard in Milwaukee, the franchise had begun to slip. Peter Feigin: And how we almost flaunt it in a good way and it's kind of easy. You got to think about what the objective is, but I truly do believe, just no is not an answer if you surround yourself with smart people. Kearns has been shooting at an abandoned hoop that he discovered behind a train station in Connecticut. That is an interesting statement. "Very simply, we went into the market and said, 'We're going to build this market. I think that's something that you work with every day. And 24 hours later, I think I called them from the Pfister Hotel and said like, "Oh, yeah. I think to be successful here and take it from a very fast talking, sometimes lazy speaking New Yorker, who swears too much and does everything. His brother and Lee were just as excited. Just shut up for 15 seconds. And if nothing else, like we kind of, I always answer everything pretty simply. John: How about the issue of when people put on those special glasses now, and they can watch a game in 3D or whatIm so out of it a little bit, Peter, technologically speaking, but the young people are talking about the future of watching sports is were going to be able to, is going to be eventually cameras court side, and were going to be able to watch it and feel like were sitting court side and youre at a bucks game. This is a super special edition. Peter: We took the lumps and then, yeah, I had my dream job when I was in my mid-20s as in Madison Square Garden like running marketing for the New York Knicks and I thought I could have died and gone to heaven and thats, I lived breathed in the Knicks basketball and Ranger hockey, it was the greatest. John: Whos raising their hand saying Dad, were all in with you. How does this work? We were in this really awesome mode of, oh, this is a startup, like this is a startup. So that that's been kind of part of my learning is like, "How do we create a system that we're in a much better place six months from now and a much better place 12 months and a much better place three years from now that we've shown change in metrics and results and everything like that. Peter is a serious businessman and a hilarious friend. And Peter, now is the President of the Milwaukee Bucks and has done an incredible job over the years with the Bucks since he's landed in Milwaukee. You could also see their new uniform styles at Bucks Pro Shop. I'm like, "I don't know. But Im getting close to being that guy.. We stopped operating. It just kind of really trying. And you immediately go into, "What does this look like? The players, nobody has the awareness that, most of our players are between 20 and 30 years old and it's like for the rest of the world, it's like the most developmental time. Peter: You are a genius because you use food as youre incentive and nothing better than ice cream. Youve got Jamie Dimon, who is this incredible long-term equity holder who is done it and then youve got Mike Fascitelli whos really was the chairman and CEO of Vornado Real Estate in New York on the commercial real estate side. (There are perks to being commissioner.) Youre physically building an arena, a district, a template for success. Thats what we call our volunteering. I didn't need to do anything. It was like kind of so much fun and learning so much and kind of being on teams with really diverse people all around the league and around different teams. How does it really work? Feigin's twin brother, Daniel, is director of the upper school at New York City's Trevor Day. Peter Feigin: So, I mean, this is talk about, "You never know what's going to happen and where." And that's kind of like you do it with great people around you. Peter: Start from, yeah, start from the beginning. It's really best of class.". "Of course, you have Greece, but Asia is mesmerized by Giannis. People will ask me all the time like, "How would you respond these times, Mike, as a player?" So, for all the listeners, I played in Milwaukee for 11 years over a decade and had an incredible time there. I've known Jon for, I don't know, 13, 14 years, and to see what he's done with the team as the general manager has been really impressive. Michael Red: That's great advice. And everyone was thrilled when Keefe showed up. Michael Red: Peter Feigin. And we skewed higher than most NBA teams. I volunteered/got myself pushed into the reset committee of the bubble committee on the NBA to do something that's never been done before. Theres some great things. Our owners, when you talk about, our active operating board of governors, youve got guys like Mark Lazari who kind of in avenue capital and ran the distressed debt world. The goal off the court is we want a new arena. Talk about the steps leading up to pulling off, living the dream, actually winning the championship. You're certainly allowed to have fun, because we have fun. Id worked for the New York Knicks. My wifes born in El Salvador came here when she was 9 to Brooklyn. NBA all-star, olympic gold medalist & world-class investor. You can imagine, yes, Id rather be in Miami for 180 days, no question. There's no business." Peter: administration, in aviation, in a $3 billion international aviation company, which was just amazing. We're going to build it locally, regionally, nationally and then internationally. By the way, part of the culture here and part of the DNA is, before you come in and before you, youve got to want to be involved. I think its hard to grasp where this is going, but it professionalizes players at this, Peter: point teenagers at a much earlier level than theyve ever been. Just try to be quiet. Peter Feigin: It was, I don't know a better way to say it other than, grassroots. The facilities part was easy. In the middle of New York and your, John: You knew you wanted to be a business person when you went to. Then, I would literally leech myself. I really think its kind of a cycle of selflessness and kind of best practices. 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. The Run also often doubles as a day care. How do we become attractive and bring more companies here and bring more empty nesters and college graduates and make this a really attractive place to live. So, we continue to want to make this a place where players are like, "Shit, I've never been treated like this.". John: Like you said, the smartest people could take the most complex issues and just make them simple. Peter: Well, my dad was at Brooklynite so we were Mets and Jets. Peter Feigin: Yeah, I think I moved, I graduated from college and had a job, had an opportunity for a job that was kind of nuts. I guarantee youll find motivation and guidance from this remarkable man. It found him. Youve collected all this human capital, both starting and back up. But this is literally a business based on humans and psychology and emotion and how we feel every day. Malcolm D. Lee, who is directing Space Jam 2, which stars LeBron James, is one of the regulars in The Run. Here's my conversation with Peter Feigin. The building will also be the focal point of a 30-acre development in downtown Milwaukee, an urban revitalization project that Feigin believes in. Peter: Yeah, I think number one is to explain kind of a small market. We've developed about 75% of it and people are living here, working here, and playing. So it was kind of building rapport and trust was the only way to kind of get this done. I dont know if thats a word, but I would attach myself. Can you keep a competitive championship-caliber team across an era? I think one of the things Jason of Beverly Hills, who was the designer and the manufacturer did, we just had this awesome element that the top of the ring came off and became a pendant on your, that you could actually wear as a necklace. This is why you go to Parents' Night, folks. Feigin would not be able to make his global pitch without his star. Michael Red: Wow. In a Q&A with The Undefeated, Milwaukee Bucks president Peter Feigin talked about resuming the season, the business lost due to COVID-19, and much more. And you do it, for us, kind of my job was to be that rock and support and think about if you told me that 50% of my time would be spent on making sure everybody is okay. John: You talked about your Masters of the Universe being your partners and owners and really some of the brightest people on this planet which of course, thats true. Peter Feigin: This is where I want to be. Social media has created an avenue to spread the Bucks' brand beyond Milwaukee and the United States. We have resources, we back them up, whatever you need, it's part of it. We're talking about taking global influencers from F1 drivers to surfers, to everybody else. Peter Feigin has been the President of the Milwaukee Bucks since October 2014. Peter Feigin: Yeah, I think it's like I take everything from athletics. Anybody who wants to joust with me or do anything, I was like, "Well, just tell me where you're against the equality. And that's tough, too. And my brother said, "Oh, my God. We can expose it as like, "Here, we're the example in Milwaukee." "We have a really simple mantra. John: Just for a fun look, for our listeners sake. John: Talk about and want you to share a couple of thoughts about Warren Buffett and that whole deal. Peter: John, the best. My favorite part of coming to Milwaukee is going into your stash of gear and getting the hoodies and the gear. Because are they getting too sophisticated too early in terms of their value enterprise? But it's also, listen like I wish, I have patience for nothing, and I think what I'm learning and trying to get a grip of is like how do we chip away over every issue of social justice. There's no way that the reverence, the likeability and kind of the coolness of the Milwaukee can't be a team and a city that the whole world cheers for in such a big way. This is learning on the job, right? 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. Theyre going to look at that ring forever and remember that. John: Another native New Yorker from Roslyn, New York. He's with us today. And he said, "Yes, sir. Ill tell you how it I got the offer, the conversation and we play a pickup game of basketball every Saturday for 20 years with the same guys. When you show up for the first day, are you pinching yourself? These are special socks, so you bring me back a pair of socks. Last year, he was sidelined for several months while he recovered from an eye injury he had sustained in The Run. But talk about that dynamic leading through that. Peter Feigin: So, I think that the sky is the limit in how we take this unbelievable success and what we think could be a championship and get ready just for exponential growth. Giannis was like, Ill make this simple, its got to be bigger than that Lakers ring it might be, and its got to be cool. We wanted like a really cool clean design. They just happen to be huge group buys of 200-300 people with Greek flags behind the visiting bench. For Feigin, Lasry, Edens, Dinan, head coach Jason Kidd and the entire organization, Antetokounmpo, born and raised in Greece to Nigerian immigrants, is a business unicorn. There is an honor system. Peter: We didnt finish the championship till mid-July, which meant like we didnt have long to get the rings included. Kind of surreal. All right. Where were you on sports? 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. We heard it straight from. 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. Michael Red: I got my sources. Peter: Well, I made one of the biggest mistakes ever to begin with. 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