Post#404 » by MartyConlonOnTheRun » Thu Apr 7, 2022 1:39 pm
Annual Full Season Member Event Review:
Overall, it was worth going to on a lazy Wednesday night. Players were Thanasis, Mamu, Lindell with Jim hosting. Maybe 400 people attended and seated in the half-court section.
Cons:
Required to be selected as Benefit: Nothing in this event prevented this from being open to a larger group. felt it should have been a guaranteed benefit.
"Players": I knew going in no rotational player would be there, but you have 2 guys who weren't here last year and 1 guy who is probably the last on the roster. Players came in from tunnel at 7 for an hour. Zero interaction as they were on court and fans were in the seats 20+ feet away.
Cheapness feel: They handed out drink coupons at the door. Turns out it was only for fountain soda. Bottles, alcohol and food were available at stadium prices. Seemed kind of tacky that they gave you a coupon for a small fountain drink with no lid, would it have cost $100 in syrup just to say unlimited soda?
Venue: Doors opened at 6 but then since it was unreserved seating you went to the seats right away and couldn't get up since the rows are so long. You just sat in your seat for an hour watching championship highlights until the players came.
No Interaction or other activities: If you were making this an exclusive benefit, it wouldve been cool in the atrium or practice facility if they had places you could stand and sit. Have random **** out like a pair of Giannis's shoes, Brooks jersey hanging, something that another fan wouldn't get to see or touch...Instead we just stared at a TV in a sit for an hour.
Giveways: Raffled off a Midds, Mamu, Lindell, Thanasis and Bobby signed photo. Seemed pretty limited for 400 people paying $ks over the year.
Pros:
Players: After initial annoyance, it was really cool to hear some of the stories.
Thanasis- Said KD and KI were the 2 toughest players to guard in the league; called out a few teams have super stars (Nets, Philly) but that the Bucks were a family
Mamu: Said Harden was the toughest player and pointed out how Harden hit 2 3s on him during ring night and got immediately benched; said how he told Zaza a couple years ago that he wanted to play on the new bucks court and be on the team - joked about someday buying this one and having an academy; mentioned Giannis dunking on him within 2 minutes of first practice
Lindell: Said Paul was hardest to guard (I looked back and Paul had 17/19 on us); both him and mamu seemed genuine in saying vets are helping them
Video: Lots of post when back room video that tears you up a little.
Ability to pick up other member benefits: Always thought it was annoying having to pick up a box during a game, so was nice to grab stuff and bring it home without missing action.
Jim: Was never a big Jim fan but nice he came back and gave some good Finals stories
Again, overall I'm glad I went. You can't have a bad time watching bucks championship video and hearing players give personal stories.
As much as I question Thanasis is a NBA player, he is a good soldier. He does a ton of these events, always looks happy to be there and just a positive guy to be around. Also noticed for the auction, there are a ton of his jerseys and signed photos. Its probably nice for the organization to have a proxy like that as almost a first lady type role. Someone to give good insight to Giannis and his journey, but without forcing Giannis to go to these things.
