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NBA Season Preview - Predicting How The Season Will Go and Picking Who Wins Each Award? (Episode 564) Oct 19, 2026

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Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer discuss the NBA season, previewing how they see it transpiring, giving their predictions and picking who will be the recipient of each of the big NBA awards. As mentioned in the show, this podcast will be taking a pause heading into the season. To remain up to date with everything Establish The Run NBA, please head over to establishtherun.com/subscribe-nba/ to subscribe to our NBA Draft Kit, containing access to this full podcast, our rankings in all formats, Mike Gallagher's Top 150, Sleepers and Busts, Exploiting Default Rankings, as well as Mike Gallagher's notes on every team from all preseason games. Sign up now We would like to thank the listeners of this show as we head into this pause, and offer our appreciation for you sticking with us through 564 episodes. We'll catch you on the flip side.

2026 Fantasy NBA Round-by-Round Favorite Picks on ESPN and Yahoo! (Episode 563) Oct 15, 2026

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Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer talk through each round of a Fantasy NBA draft, detailing their favorite picks in each round on both ESPN default rankings and Yahoo! default rankings. This podcast contains the first four rounds of a Fantasy NBA draft. For the full show, visit establishtherun.com/subscribe-nba/ to subscribe to our NBA Draft Kit, containing access to this full podcast, our rankings in all formats, Mike Gallagher's Top 150, Sleepers and Busts, Exploiting Default Rankings, as well as Mike Gallagher's notes on every team from all preseason games. Sign up now

NBA Man Vs. Machine 2026: Dink & Gallagher Battle It Out For Ranking Supremacy (Episode 562) Oct 12, 2026

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The battle as old as time itself resurfaces as The Man, Mike Gallagher, takes on The Machine, Drew Dinkmeyer, to see who provides the best opinion on NBA fantasy player rankings, as adjudicated by our impartial referee, Saum Jafarinia. Will The Man's tape-watching and ball-knowing be able to take down the freak in the spreadsheets and number-crunching Machines?

Drafting Our Favorite Breakout Players For The Upcoming NBA Season (Episode 561) Oct 08, 2026

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Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Saum Jafarinia return with another snake draft, this time taking turns to draft their favorite breakout players for the upcoming season, detailing why they believe their picks have the best chance at breaking through this season.

Our Favorite NBA Win Total Bets To Make Before The NBA Season (Episode 560) Oct 05, 2026

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Mike Gallagher, Saum Jafarinia and Austin Yamada list their favorite NBA Win Total bets to make in the new anti-tanking era of the NBA, assessing the gaps in the betting market compared to their projections on each team.

The Biggest Ongoing Position Battles That Will Influence Fantasy Basketball (Episode 559) Oct 01, 2026

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Mike Galagher and Saum Jafarinia take a look at the biggest ongoing position battles in NBA training camp to see which players currently have the edge, which way coachspeak is trending and how big of a difference the outcome will ahve on the respective teams.

NBA Media Day News Roundup: Breaking Down The Biggest Takeaways and Injuries Across The League (Episode 558) Sep 29, 2026

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Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Saum Jafarinia dissect all the key information from NBA Media Day, including the injuries that are set to impact the season, the news nuggets that offer insight into rotations, and what ETR's biggest takeaways were from the day.

Drafting Our Favorite Bounceback Player Of The Year Candidates; Who We Think Returns To Form This Year (Episode 557) Sep 24, 2026

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Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Saum Jafarinia return from their season preview projection series to draft the players they believe are most likely to bounce back from recent form, and explain why they think this year will be different.

ETR's Divisional Preview Series Part 6: Previewing The Central Division (Episode 556) Sep 21, 2026

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Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Saum Jafarinia continue the ETR Divisional Preview Series, finishing up in the Central Division to see how close the addition of Peyton Watson makes the Cavs, the uncertainty remaining around Detroit and Jalen Duren's contract and what to expect from the return of a healthy Tyrese Haliburton to the Pacers.

ETR's Divisional Preview Series Part 5: Previewing The Northwest Division (Episode 555) Sep 16, 2026

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Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Saum Jafarinia continue the ETR Divisional Preview Series, visiting the Northwest division to ask what the Oklahoma City Thunder must do to regain their crown, whether the Timberwolves have done enough to make them a serious contender, and how soon to expect results from Utah's back-to-back Top 5 picks.

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