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Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer discuss the Luka Dončić injury that will see him miss the rest of the regular season and how badly this impacts the Lakers before looking back at Denver's huge win over the in-form Spurs that saw the Nuggets rack up their eighth consecutive win and what that means for their title chances.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take a look at the Eastern Conference now that the playoff teams are set, discussing which of the 5-10 seeds could cause the most trouble in the playoffs, and which matchups do the 1-4 teams want to avoid.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer discuss and preview all the NBA Awards Market, looking into which markets are still actionable, how much voter fatigue can come into play and who can still make a run at the current favorites.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer return to provide their takes on the NBA's Western Conference Playoff Race, including how quickly things might turn bleak in Minnesota, the Lakers' 5-Game win streak taking them to 3rd in the West, how Denver can manage the load of Jokic and Murray, and a brief look ahead into the NBA's Player Award Markets.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer return to re-address the Eastern Conference that's been shaken up with the news, and performance, of a returning Jayson Tatum that could see Boston once again become the team to beat in the East, as well as discussing why Detroit is experiencing a late-season struggle, and how bad things could get for Philadelphia.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer begin to take a look at the Western Conference playoffs, assessing how the matchups could align and which teams have an actual chance at making a run for a championship.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada begin to take a look at the Eastern Conference playoffs, assessing how the matchups could align and which teams have an actual chance at making a run for a championship.

Mike Gallagher goes over his top 10 toughest matchups on the perimeter this season. He'll go over the criteria in his All-Star break tradition.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take another look at the NBA trades from the deadline as teams try to position themselves for cap flexibility and investing in developmental pieces for the future, while also touching on the issue of so many teams attempting to take ahead of a generationally strong draft class, and what options the NBA can take going forward to disincentivize tanking.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada are back to break down all the big moves from the NBA's hectic trade deadline, assessing which teams made the right moves, who made the wrong moves and how the NBA landscape changes following the deadline.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer discuss the latest new from around the NBA, specifically what options the Milwaukee Bucks have when it comes to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has signalled his intent to leave the team, as well as what the recovery timeline looks like for when the Bucks could become a title contender again.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer discuss the hottest stories in the NBA this week, including how damaging Jimmy Butler's injury is to Golden State, whether the Knicks can ever win a championship with Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns and how Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are angling themselves for an exit.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada return to assess what the Denver Nuggets are doing to continue winning games without Nikola Jokic, why Utah aren't being held to the fire for tanking and what changes the Lakers need to make to correct their struggles.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada react to the news of Trae Young's Atlanta tenure coming to a close, following a trade to the Washington Wizards that saw CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert going to the Hawks.

Mike Gallagher recaps the NBA action with notes on injuries, quotes, stats, takeaways and a lot more to wrap up 2025.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer examine recent news from the NBA regarding an increase in injury reporting, aimed at enhancing gambling integrity in the league, and how it impacts the prop betting market, as well as efforts to explore strategies to crack down on teams that intentionally tank to secure top draft picks.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada discuss how the New York Knicks were able to bring the Emirates NBA Cup back to The Big Apple, as well as assessing where all the contenders stand before a big week of NBA action over the holidays.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer return to recap the Emirates NBA Cup Quarter-Finals before previewing this weekend's Semi-Finals, assessing if any of the teams have a chance to stop the Oklahoma City juggernaut.

We had a nine-game night on Wednesday with a lot of news from injuries, rotations and team trends. Mike Gallagher goes over it all with some takeaways on how to treat it going forward for fantasy and props.

Mike Gallagher recaps the 10-game Monday slate with some trends, injury updates, news, quotes and a lot more.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take a trip east to discuss the hottest stories from the Eastern Conference so far, including a Pistons team that looks like a true contender, what is making the Raptors so good, and whether this year will be different for the Chicago "play-in tournament" Bulls.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada address the biggest stories coming out of the Western Conference recently, including whether Nico Harrison should have been fired this early in the season, how the San Antonio Spurs have started to click, and how it got so bad for the Clippers on the court.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer hold their hands up on the biggest takes they've been prove wrong on so far in how the expected the NBA Season to be going through the first 10% of games, as well as what they're not quite yet ready to capitulate on as well.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada break down The Emirates NBA Cup, detailing the groups and format, the best betting angles, and key information to know ahead of the Cup games starting on Friday.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada talk through their biggest takeaways from an enthralling opening weekend of NBA action, including an increase in scoring across the league, a growing elite tier of players, and are the Indiana Pacers cursed?

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada break down their predcitions for the upcoming NBA season, talking through who they think will make the playoffs, which teams will advance onto the NBA Finals before picking a winner. They also discuss their picks for NBA Player Awards Markets suchs as NBA MVP, Coach of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year. 0:00 - Introduction 3:51 - Eastern Conference Playoff Seeding Picks 17:35 - Western Conference Playoff Seeding Picks 38:18 - Eastern Conference Playoff Predictions 41:52 - Western Conference Playoff Predictions 45:49 - NBA Finals Predictions 49:03 - NBA Player Awards Predictions

Mike Gallagher, Austin Yamada, and Saum Jafarinia each take turns to provide their three favorite NBA Season Team Win Total bets and explain why they've taken the Over or Under, before diving deeper into some honorable mentions that they also prefer. Saum is looking to build on his perfect predictions last year, where he correctly picked five Over/Unders on last year's podcast. 0:00 - Introduction 2:04 - Saum #3: New Orleans Pelicans 6:44 - Austin #3: Toronto Raptors 11:37 - Mike #3: Memphis Grizzlies 15:11 - Saum #2: Brooklyn Nets 19:04 - Austin #2: Detroit Pistons 23:38 - Mike #2: Golden State Warriors 27:22 - Saum #1: Oklahoma City Thunder 32:47 - Austin #1: Los Angeles Lakers 40:05 - Mike #1: Portland Trail Blazers 46:21 - Honorable Mentions

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer go through each round of your upcoming NBA Fantasy Drafts, hand-selecting the likely available players through current ADP that they would take in each round to create their perfect draft.

As the start of the Fantasy Basketball draws nearer, Mike "The Man" Gallagher takes on Drew "The Machine" Dinkmeyer in ETR's yearly fiercely contested Man vs. Machine battle to debate the biggest fantasy basketball disagreements in their pre-season rankings.

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada take a look at the most intriguing starting lineups battles that are yet to be decided, offering their predictions on how they think coaches will ultimately decide on their opening day rotations. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:55 - #1) Utah Jazz (PG, SG & SF) 6:43 - #2) Brooklyn Nets (PG & SF - Egor Demin/Ben Saraf/Cam Thomas/Terance Mann/Michael Porter Jr./Nic Claxton) 15:02 - #3) Houston Rockets (Reed Shepherd/Dorian Finney-Smith/Tari Eason) 23:13 - #4) Boston Celtics (Payton Pritchard/Anfernee Simons) 28:28 - #5) Miami Heat (Nikola Jovic/Kel'el Ware) 36:01 - #6) Portland Trail Blazers (Shaedon Sharpe/Jerami Grant) 42:10 - #7) Washington Wizards (Cam Whitmore, Tre Johnson, Bub Carrington) 47:10 - #8) Los Angeles Clippers (Derrick Jones Jr./John Collins) 51:08 - #9) Philadelphia 76ers (VJ Edgecombe/Kelly Oubre Jr.) 54:54 - #10) Minnesota Timberwolves (Donte DiVincenzo/Mike Conley) 59:29 - Position Battles We Expect Have Been Finalized

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer, and Austin Yamada examine the recent news and notes from around the NBA as Preseason action gets underway, with teams already being forced into early adjustments due to injuries. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:51 - Jonathan Kuminga Resigns with Golden State 12:03 - Quintin Grimes Signs Qualifying Offer with Philadelphia 20:58 - Zion Williamson Looks In-Shape, Primed For Big Season? 31:25 - Scoot Henderson Out For At Least 4-8 Weeks 37:01 - De'Aaron Fox Expected To Be Out For One Month 42:35 - LeBron Has Glute Injury, Marcus Smart Managing Achillies Injury, Maxi Kleber Also Banged Up 47:31 - Darius Garland Progressing Rehab, Has Return Date in Mind

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada finalize up their NBA Fantasy tour around the United States and Canada, previewing every division to bring you the information you need to know ahead of your NBA Best Ball, DFS and Home League seasons. Today, they take a look at the Pacific Division, which appears to have no foreseeable tanking in place and some key situations still to be resolved as we approach the start of the season. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 2:15 - Los Angeles Lakers 32:49 - Los Angeles Clippers 51:47 - Golden State Warriors 1:03:48 - Sacramento Kings 1:20:16 - Phoenix Suns

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada continue their NBA Fantasy tour around the United States and Canada, previewing every division to bring you the information you need to know ahead of your NBA Best Ball, DFS and Home League seasons. Today, they take a look at the Atlantic Division, which has been shaken up with the Jayson Tatum trade and a reason to believe the 76ers can pose a threat again. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:48 - Boston Celtics 33:11 - New York Knicks 52:43 - Toronto Raptors 1:07:08 - Portland Trail Blazers 1:26:15 - Philadelphia 76ers

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada continue their NBA Fantasy tour around the United States and Canada, previewing every division to bring you the information you need to know ahead of your NBA Best Ball, DFS and Home League seasons. Today, they take a look at the Northwest Division, arguably the best division in Basketball, with three legitimate championship contenders battling out for a division crown. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:18 - Oklahoma City Thunder 20:53 - Denver Nuggets 42:44 - Minnesota Timberwolves 57:03 - Portland Trail Blazers 1:16:48 - Utah Jazz

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada continue their NBA Fantasy tour around the United States and Canada, previewing every division to bring you the information you need to know ahead of your NBA Best Ball, DFS and Home League seasons. Today, they take a look at the Southeast Division, which contained some of the worst offenses in the league last year, but is there reason to believe in improvement? Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:35 - Orlando Magic 17:52 - Atlanta Hawks 37:26 - Miami Heat 52:05 - Charlotte Hornets 1:10:14 - Washington Wizards

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer continue their NBA Fantasy tour around the United States and Canada, previewing every division to bring you the information you need to know ahead of your NBA Best Ball, DFS and Home League seasons. Today, they take a look at a Southwest Division, assessing the impact young superstars like Cooper Flagg and Victor Wembanyama will have on their teams. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:33 - Houston Rockets 19:13 - Memphis Grizzlies 34:11 - Dallas Mavericks 50:08 - San Antonio Spurs 1:01:41 - New Orleans Pelicans

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada begin their NBA Fantasy tour around the United States and Canada, previewing every division to bring you the information you need to know ahead of your NBA Best Ball, DFS and Home League seasons. Today, they take a look at a Central Division blown open by injuries, leaving intriguing projections ahead. Additionally, the gang takes a look at the most recent allegations surrounding the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard circumventing the salary cap. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:55 - More Kawhi Leonard allegations emerge 8:20 - Cleveland Cavaliers 26:33 - Indiana Pacers 54:13 - Milwaukee Bucks 1:08:05 - Detroit Pistons 1:24:36 - Chicago Bulls

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer are joined by Best Ball phenom Winky Christ to talk through the release of Establish The Run's Best Ball product, detailing everything you can expect from a product that took so many players in Grand Finals & tournament victories last year, what upgrades the team has made and when you can expect to have these resources after purchasing the ETR NBA Best Ball product. Follow the link to subscribe today: https://establishtherun.com/subscribe-nba/

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer provide their reaction to the controversy around Kawhi Leonard & Clippers Owner Steve Balmer's alleged payments to circumvent the salary cap, assessing the fantasy and real-life repercussions from such allegations, as well as other news and notes from around the NBA.

Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer delve into the world of the FIBA EuroBasket tournament to check in on how the NBA players are faring, including our first look at an in-shape Luka Dončić and whether recent high draft picks are progressing.