Imagine how different the sales pitches must have been for free-agent center Greg Monroe.
The Los Angeles Lakers could have tempted him with their storied past and warm-weather climate. The New York Knicks offered a spot in the NBA's biggest market, plus the business opportunities such a platform presents. The Milwaukee Bucks could have approached the big man with...Wisconsin cheese?
The Bucks don't have any built-in market advantages to put forward. There is no Hollywood nightlife, nor the bright lights of Times Square. There's a single championship banner (as compared to the Lakers' dozen) hanging from the rafters of the BMO Harris Bradley Center (which no one would confuse for NYC's famed Madison Square Garden).