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. How could we not be good at quick serve restaurants? Just shut up for 15 seconds. I took great pride in seeing the development of downtown and what you guys were doing with the city. And I've got to get Mark and Wes on the cast along with Jon. Peter Feigin: That's right. So when I talked to her, I said, hey, Ive got to tell you, first of all, the executive committee at Saturday morning run says, this is a good thing. But the Bucks' toughest hit came off the court. Hows Warren Buffett in person as, how exactly? That was, Peter: That was it. Please talk about the Cluckery because this is so much fun and I wanted you to share your whole, the vision and how this all came about. John: Thats so great. Within 45 minutes, we had this unbelievable excitement of, were nuts, why dont we do like take home its big ordering out. I can come up with a solution, we can figure it out somehow, some way if youve got the right people around you to do it. Michael Red: And then with all that going on around you, I mean, navigating the waters from a business standpoint. This is a human business. Im like, we actually, might have a chance to get this done and to make a long story short, and unfortunately my twin brother thinks like I owe him a commission, for. Can you keep a competitive championship-caliber team across an era? Peter: Yeah, what really worked for me is I think I was just insatiably curious. And I think my job is kind of the overall business and operations to go is a rapport with them that again, in the best case I always think an NBA player, this is a human business. Peter Feigin, president of the Milwaukee Bucks. Peter Feigin: And I think it's all how you how you go at it. Peter: to anybody I thought was of great skill and value for selfish reasons to feel good. Peter Feigin: Listen. That sounds like a little piece, but that's a big piece in the world. I had this tendency, which I still do, to get so excited and loud. These guys are human beings. Peter Feigin: Michael, like I said, anytime, anywhere. He thinks hes going to sell the team. Low and behold 24 hours, called him back and I said, oh, hes going to sell the team. Peter Feigin: So, I mean, this is talk about, "You never know what's going to happen and where." Maybe I'm biased, but knowing you and seeing what you've done with the Bucks. This again becomes a platform of an NBA brand extension that just explodes with engagement. And I think the only thing anybody can control is their own effort and kind of their own dreams and where they want to go. John: This must be one of the greatest rides of her life seeing you do this whole journey, huh? We were in this really awesome mode of, oh, this is a startup, like this is a startup. Thats good. Does he play defense?. Number one, obviously, because like you said, its rare air, but youre learning on the job. 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. How do you care about it, and Jon Horst is so great on the basketball side. We were together in high school. What has it meant to you to bet on yourself? He captained. A, if you werent doing this and I know this is a dream job. Where were you on sports? It's a simple filter to go through things, if we have to question it, we're pretty sure its wrong," shared Feigin. Peter Feigin: And how we almost flaunt it in a good way and it's kind of easy. So, the end of the story is I was responsible to hire CEO, so I got two or three candidates I knew Mark and Wes would hate and they couldn't hire them because they didn't like something about them. What would you be doing? View Peter Feigin's professional profile on LinkedIn. Peter: Yeah. Michael Red: The facilities, everything that you guys have done so far is remarkable. John: Its so amazing you say that. And we're going to be the No. 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. The Bucks are one of the 17 teams that is competing in the new NBA 2K League, a necessary decision in Feigin's mind. So, thank you for being on the cast today. 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. Peter: Im fairly, my mom was immersed in data analytics before data and analytics was business intelligence. Mike, you get it because you lived it. I wanted to eat some. He continues to build civic and business relationships around town through face-to-face interaction. Hes the president of the Milwaukee Bucks and hes a native New Yorker. We hired a great human capital person to build up the structure, but it was really best practice. Im probably like someone who gives everything away. Peter: Yeah. Before life as we knew it went on hiatus in March, Peter Feigin was occasionally returning to New York from Milwaukee for weekend visits and to rejoin The Run, which has become multigenerational. I need socks and I know we're not making them. "Can you imagine? We're going to have systematic plans that last years instead of events or days or months, and we're going to, we're committed.". Their experience is basketball. I've been telling him. It found him. Go to the Cluckery. Where does your ring sit? We had this, I think it was an intern, said to us like, Well, we should, have you read about ghost kitchens? Of course were sitting there going like, eh, kind of like, we dont know what the hell youre talking about. Michael Red: It's becoming that and has become that. As you said, because of your mom and dads background, and because you had some of the rock stars of industry, as you say, Masters of the Universe, as your partners, you got to meld your experiences, your parents coaching, and then the rock stars came and they were also, you got a perfect soup of business experience to create this amazing success story. Peter: Probably, now with the way interesting curriculum has expanded and fun case studies and like where schools are. And then I think on a parallel track, youre really building an infrastructure. Back when the Feigins (now teenage) sons were much younger, Lasry suspected that Peter or Dan would give them a secret signal to scamper onto the floor if their team was losing. But I'm sure [inaudible 00:30:10] the players in that process. Peter Feigin: And I think, even when we looked at ourselves we're completely diverse, but we weren't anywhere near where we should have been on the leadership side of being a diverse leadership. Jan 16th, 2016 by Mayor Tom Barrett. Whether it's police reform, whether it's incarceration, whether it's education, whether it's food desert. So, for us, it goes back to constantly being really honest and forthright about where you are and how you can improve. If you need a shot of good inspiration (and a good laugh), listen to this episode! And I believe in my heart that the Bucks were real leaders in that moment. Its certainly an example of how do you keep the entrepreneurial spirit in an organization and what better way to do it with chicken, and its great chicken. We are one big family. John: Oh, my Gosh. Feigin distributed the shirts in February to The Runs regulars during a weekend retreat to Milwaukee, where his twin brother, Peter, works as the president of the Bucks. We're going to build it locally, regionally, nationally and then internationally. 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! Sometimes there's a house on fire and you got to focus on putting out that fire, no question. Its gotten through its first iteration to see where it is. And 24 hours later, I think I called them from the Pfister Hotel and said like, "Oh, yeah. Ive had so much fun and been in sports entertainment and aviation and in different things and its all been about every job Ive had incredibly, Ive said like, oh my God, could you imagine, like Ive died and gone to heaven. When you are visioning this out, like you just said, human capital, a new physical capital, on the court, off the court, what were you using both singularly as you, as Peter Feigin goes, but also with your partners and the private equity guys, what were you using as your role model? And we skewed higher than most NBA teams. We've made it intimate with a 17,500-person crowd. I know youve said your pops passed. Are you allowed to talk about that, Peter? Peter Feigin: Hey, John thanks for having me. And they all live kind of the job we all live kind of each other's lives. If youre not playing defense, theyre going to call you out, said Woodhouse, who would temper his Friday night activities in anticipation of The Run. It was kind of like take a weekend and moonlight into a fun job. Peter's Hairless Twin is a twin brother Peter Griffin keeps locked up in a storm shed. Peter Feigin: Yeah, so those are two great questions. I said, oh, its so good to get all your support. And we want to attract people who want to be in that mode. Peter: You are doing your employees, your service, your limited partners so it is a huge process. This guy is a relentless workaholic who is selfless to his teammates and like wants to win. 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. It's the same way she'll listen through what I'm going through. 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. Peter Feigin: Not as much as you'd like to see. We call it volundeering. Well, Peter, this has been more than a delight. You buy the Bucks, you help with that whole negotiation and you were living in New York, so you were married already and you decided. You talked about the head of human capital, and obviously Im proud to say, and Im only saying this with love, youre a native New Yorker like I am and were people, people. So, how do we figure out and reorganize on the senior leadership pattern. But talk about that nuance and being in leaders on the social injustice play. And it was a fantasy. This is the most, this is fun of life. Feigin can do all the PR he wants, but the most effective pitch to get fans into the new arena is out of his hands. And theyve got it on. One Saturday, they gathered with some of their other pals including dAmboise, who had been playing hoops with them for years and The Run was born. If my guys in high school or college gave me the finger as the point back on the assists from a backdoor or something, I think I got more of a thrill out of that than I got out of scoring points. They cause matchup problems for their fathers friends. How did you put the stadium deal together? You're exactly right. Now, you had private equity partners. 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: Yeah, I think I moved, I graduated from college and had a job, had an opportunity for a job that was kind of nuts. John: You grew up on the Upper East Side, you are a native New Yorker, your brothers still back there. I don't know, being able to be a business person and kind of get away from your day job and go into a data room of a pro team seemed just the greatest thing I'd ever experienced. And nobody's going to question how great Milwaukee is." All of a sudden, 12 months ago, that went upside down, and with Giannis, it literally went international, national, regional, local, which is a great turnaround for us.". His is a story of grit, will, and great humor. There's no business." 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. It has just been introduced for iPhones, but we are working on the Android version! Giannis Antetokounmpo is the gift that keeps on giving for Bucks' management. Talk about that. He was a truly taught consumer products, marketing, and operations guy, was okay. 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. I suggested a lot of people who would be great presidents, and lo and behold, none of them worked out to do it, so I think they had to default to me to run the company.". One Thursday night he gave me a call and said, Do you think you can go to Milwaukee and talk to Senator Herb Call. Now, the lockdown has forced some of The Runs longstanding members to confront their athletic mortality. Talk about that. Peter: The same he is, everywhere else. Kevin Draughon, who participates in the games, sat with Dylan Feigin and her brother, Jackson. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Peter Feigin: Well, long story short, like, six years ago, he calls me and he says, "Hey, can you get to Milwaukee to go meet with Senator Kohl. It would be fun to own a hundred McDonalds franchises and you guys would be great at that. John: Go back over that, what it was called typically whats called web3 now, or something the young people around me tell me its called web 3.0 NFTs, crypto sports gambling. I never wanted to be that guy with the goggles and the knee brace and the tucked-in shirt being like, Hey! You were very part of that whole Marquis Jet, NetJet thing too, right? So, I'm, as you know, extremely excitable and just want to kind of attack it and love the challenge. John: By the way, weve got with us today, Peter Feigin, hes the president of the Milwaukee Bucks. Peter: Well, I think first of all, everything is like, you plan to be great. Peter: I went to Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everybody knows you are going to work your butt off if you work here. It became such a healthy place to be.. And kind of like who are intrinsically becoming Buck stars and having them be our influencers around the world and thinking about global campaign. It really is. Thats and like you said, you get to share that with all the hundreds of other rings. If you've been that lucky and you've been that blessed then you've got to share. Thats just what a joy. We have resources, we back them up, whatever you need, it's part of it. Peter: Oh, my goodness. It's like how do we, between us, like as you know. We built an infrastructure, to our owners' credit on, they made it really simple. It's truly like a restart. 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. This years edition comes stamped with the Roman numeral XXVIII, to commemorate the games 28 years of existence. It looks amazing. Peter Feigin: I mean, my mouth just watered. They're like, "Peter, don't double think anything. 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. We hired an unbelievable CFO. Since 3-pointers are worth 2 points and 2-pointers are only worth 1, there is a strong premium on outside shooting. I'm so proud of him and the team and the roster. Heading into his ninth year as President of the Milwaukee Bucks, and fifth year as President of the world-class Fiserv Forum, Peter Feigin brings more than two decades of dynamic corporate leadership to Milwaukees sports and entertainment scene. Michael Red: Were you always a risk taker or was that cultivated in your household or where did that risk taking ability come from? I'm just honored and grateful that you took the time to be on the cast today, man. The most meaningful thing that you can never take for granted is we gave about 850 part-time workers rings to get done. John: Thats awesome. It is so important that kind of at least in our infrastructure. The ability to go into an NBA franchise and really pick all the great practices which is going around in the league is a huge advantage. But, boy, you talk about how you go to sleep like the night, a night in March, in the middle of March last year thinking like, "Oh, my God. It has huge value and its paid huge returns for us. White House Chair of My Brother's Keeper Joined to Applaud Nationwide Progress. Michael Red: You talked about Coach Bud and the whole team organization, which I think Coach Bud has done a terrific job thus far. Its like you think about what the culture of community is. 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. Thank you. 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. Peter Feigin: So, that was and sort of weird comfort in that everybody in the world was going through it. The most recent All-Star Game voting returns showed Antetokounmpo at 1.48 million votes, trailing only James. Our dinner table conversation. But online gambling, in state by state is massive and how you can center that do you want to become part of a casino? Because I talked with the Lakers guys, I talked with the Boston guys on what they had, did. We've got Peter Feigin. Like you said at the top of the show, very few human beings even get to be in this position in any professional sports level. Just try to be quiet. [fusebox_track_player url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/1062616/8173153-peter-feigin-you-can-figure-out-a-way-to-win.mp3?blob_id=36898294&download=true artist=Michael Redd title=Peter Feigin: You can figure out a way to win social=false ], His mentor relationship with Bucks players, The advice hed give his 16-year-old self. If you're going to go look at teams, grab my brother. It all matters what state youre in and whats going on with the legislation. John: Lets step back. (There are perks to being commissioner.) I actually read a whole story, theres a whole article, Peter, about your ring. So, I think for myself to Coach Bud, to Jon, we all kind of are on the same page of preaching like, "This is a performance culture." We sponsored Brook, the Lopez twins and you have Brook on your team, another great kid. Talk about that nuance because like you were saying, from the outside in, you could say all the players have it made. Peter: Well, my dad was at Brooklynite so we were Mets and Jets. So, whole different world kind of came around with COVID. 2023 ERI. Peter: Start from, yeah, start from the beginning. That everybody understands their benefits for their health insurance, that we're getting psychological health, that we're feeding people in the community, that we are on top of not just marching for social justice, but that we're dealing with, police reform, that we're resourcing our players. Off the court it is best practice. He simplified the commodities business like, oh, I understand it now. Our expectation is to win a championship. John: Talk about and want you to share a couple of thoughts about Warren Buffett and that whole deal. Feigin got the funding approved in the next couple months, and the Bucks signed a 30-year lease to stay in Milwaukee. Sometimes it goes up for judicial review to make sure the run is harmonious, Lee said. How we build our brand and how we build our awareness and likability around that, it's just kind of one of those no-brainers, too. And remember, betting on yourself is the secret to your success. "I have a 14-year-old boy who can basically tell me every single player in the NBA, as well as G-League, what Europeans are playing all through NBA 2K," Feigin says. His rise from recruiter's president, handing out parking tickets in the Buck's lot, working for social justice in the epicenter of the global movement, and his unique leadership style. Do you want to like, figure out what the handles are and become aThere are lots of opportunities in that realm, which I think are immediate. Theres some other attributes, but just take those three is like your best, which, whether youre on basketball or the business side, you die for. John: Like you said, the smartest people could take the most complex issues and just make them simple. In a 10 year phase, I started with a startup with Marquis Jet, with Kenny Dichter and Jesse Itzler who started the business and came from sports. What are the balances of management, of coaching of anything else? And our expectations are to consistently improve and grow as a business and consistently improve on the court and vie for a championship. Antetokounmpo, now in his fifth NBA season, has become a basketball and cultural phenomenon. How did that come together? 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. What people never tell you about the rings, its not just the 20 rings for the players and the coach and the owners. You miss throwing that pass. And we'll get into the twin in a little bit. I think engagement and investment in the community and social responsibility is like a big deal. Michael Red: Talk about the process of redeveloping downtown and one who's so in love with Milwaukee and it's like a second home to me, living there for so many years. "Now we have to monitor and figure out and organize the groups that travel from Greece to away games and organize the meet-and-greets after the game, which by the way, aren't scheduled. Youve done it all. There's no living room, there's no central square, there's no big public park kind of in the middle of the city. That was the real mad man era that your mom was in at Grey Advertising, right? Youre going to have a lot of fun. Peter, talk a little bit about the future. You miss making a game-winning shot. The facilities part was easy. So, that was my one get back to kind of surprise him because I think there were a few spies that were taking pictures of every time I parked in that spot for a second. Engage is a digital booking platform. And you immediately go into, "What does this look like? Above me there are my two children, my son, Tyler, my daughter, Courtney. During a media car wash in NYC in December, Feigin opts for a sweater, not a suit and tie. Kearns has been shooting at an abandoned hoop that he discovered behind a train station in Connecticut. Youre physically building an arena, a district, a template for success. I watch it. Then you mirror that off the court. "Why would we wait till tomorrow when we can get it done today?" With a B? Woodhouse recalled asking him. Is this coming? 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