Establish The Run NBA

The most in-depth and sophisticated NBA analysis from the Establish The Run team. Led by Drew Dinkmeyer, one of the most successful NBA DFS players of all-time.

Reacting To NBA's New Injury Reporting Rules & How It Impacts Prop Bets, Reviews To Potential Tanking Changes

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. 

12-22
42:14

Knicks Win The Emirates NBA Cup, Who Are The Contenders Heading Into The Holidays? (Episode 498)

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.

12-17
36:49

Emirates NBA Cup Semi-Finals Preview: Are The Thunder The Best Team of All Time? (Episode 497)

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.

12-11
45:30

Episode 496: Wednesday Recap in the NBA

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.

12-04
26:14

Episode 495: Monday Night Recap

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

11-25
31:22

The Top 5 Biggest Stories In The Eastern Conference: Detroit Takes The Leap, A Pleasantly Surprising Toronto & Are The Bulls Who We Thought They Were? (Episode 494)

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. 

11-20
42:46

The Top 5 Biggest Stories In The Western Conference: Dallas Fires Nico, Spurs Find Their Groove, Are The Clippers Cooked? (Episode 493)

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.

11-13
47:28

Our BIGGEST Capitulations From ETR's Preseason Predictions, And What We're Not Ready To Throw The Towel In On Yet (Episode 492)

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.     

11-06
49:34

The Emirates NBA Cup Preview: Everything You Need To Know To Bet On The NBA Cup (Episode 491)

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. 

10-30
42:23

The Nine Biggest Things We Learned From The Opening Week Of The NBA Season (Episode 490)

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?

10-27
42:18

Predicting The Entire NBA Season: Our Picks To Make The Playoffs, Win The Finals & NBA Player Awards Markets Winners (Episode 489)

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

10-20
01:03:37

Our Nine FAVORITE NBA Season Team Win Totals Bets To Make This Year (Episode 488)

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

10-16
01:02:11

Mike & Drew's Round-By-Round Perfect Drafts To Crush Your Home League Fantasy NBA Drafts (Episode 487)

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.

10-13
01:04:55

Man vs. Machine 2025: Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer Debate Their Biggest Fantasy Basketball Disagreements (Episode 486)

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. 

10-09
01:09:32

Predicting The 10 Biggest Position Battles that Matter The Most In The NBA (Episode 485)

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

10-06
01:16:16

NBA Preseason News & Reactions: Kuminga Resigns with Golden State, What To Expect From In-Shape Zion? (Episode 484)

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

10-02
53:06

NBA Pacific Division Projections & Fantasy Preview: ETR's In-Depth Division-by-Division Preview Series (Episode 483)

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

09-29
01:42:46

NBA Atlantic Division Projections & Fantasy Preview: ETR's In-Depth Division-by-Division Preview Series (Episode 482)

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

09-25
01:42:25

NBA Northwest Division Projections & Fantasy Preview: ETR's In-Depth Division-by-Division Preview Series (Episode 481)

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

09-22
01:42:42

NBA Southeast Division Projections & Fantasy Preview: ETR's In-Depth Division-by-Division Preview Series (Episode 480)

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

09-18
01:36:59

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