Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer return to break down the four new games in the NBA Playoffs and Play-In tournament, including the blockbuster Warriors-Rockets game and Orlando's advance to a series with Boston. They also discuss the remaining play-in matchups with Dallas facing Memphis and Miami's chances against the Hawks.
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer break down each of the NBA Play-In Tournament games as well as the known Playoff matchups, providing in-depth analysis and their predictions for each series
Apr 14, 2025•58 min
Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Saum Jafarania recap this year's NBA Best Ball alongside ETR's Winky Christ, who won $150,000 by finishing first and second place in the DraftKings NBA Best Ball Tournament.
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Mike Gallagher and Saum Jafarania return from a brief break to talk through all the hottest points across the NBA, including their reaction to the Game of the Year between Minnesota and Denver and Nikola Jokic's 60-point triple-double for the loss, how the Memphis Grizzlies got it so wrong and why a rejuvenated Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are the team no team in the West wants to meet in the palyoffs.
Apr 03, 2025•34 min
Mike Gallagher and Saum Jafarinia get their teeth into the biggest topics across the NBA from the last week, including a big win for Oklahoma City in Boston, a Minnesota team that's looks a threat, how the Lakers have struggled in the absence of LeBron James and how hard the NBA needs to come down on Toronto's obvious tank attempt that saw key healthy performers pulled in an effort to secure a loss against fellow tankers, the Philadephia 76ers.
Mar 13, 2025•44 min
Mike Gallagher and Saum Jafarania return to discuss the latest happenings in the NBA's Western Confernce such as the Lakers recent form launching them into the 2nd seed and whether it's smart for the Mavericks to consider tanking following their worsening injury crisis.
Mar 06, 2025•44 min
Mike Gallagher and Saum Jafarania return to discuss the red hot Detroit Pistons as their eight-game winning streak continues following a blowout victory over the Boston Celtics. The gang discuss how they got to this stage and the likelihood of them overtaking the Bucks, Pacers and Knicks to win the #3 seed in the East
Feb 28, 2025•32 min
Mike Gallagher goes over his toughest perimeter matchups in the NBA this season. This isn't a top defender list and it's more about team system defense along with the high-end 1-on-1 defense that goes with it.
Feb 20, 2025•21 min
Drew Dinkmeyer and Saum Jafarinia take a look at the big name players traded at the NBA deadline and see what impact they've been able to make on their new teams, and how their teams have adapted to their arrivals.
Feb 13, 2025•45 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer give their thoughts all on the latest NBA trades on deadline day, including Jimmy Butler's escape from Miami to Golden State, the Lakers dipping back into the trade market for Mark Williams and many more.
Feb 07, 2025•58 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer are back for an emergency reaction show to the news of Luka Dončić blockbuster and wild trade to the Lakers, as well as the news Sunday seeing De'Aaron Fox headed to San Antonio to join Victor Wembanyama. The gang discusses how on earth this happened, the strange news around Dallas instigating the trade and where the Spurs now rank in the West. ETR will be back on Friday for our Trade Deadline reaction show, where we will analyze all the trades made during the N...
Feb 03, 2025•52 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take a zoom out from the NBA action to look inward at the NBA in it's current state, including Adam Silver's recent comments on the state and watchability of the game, and why a solution like 10-minute quarters works better in European Basketball than it would in the NBA.
Jan 31, 2025•39 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take a look at the big teams currently on the bubble of the playoffs in the West and if it's time to smash the panic button, including Dallas' struggles without Luka, whether to buy Phoenix's recent form and the fragility of Golden State's playoff push.
Jan 23, 2025•31 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take a deep dive into how the Pistons and Cade Cunningham have bounced back to become a playoff contender and how Houston's unique and against-the-grain style of play needs to be talked about and celebrated in the current NBA landscape.
Jan 17, 2025•46 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer dive into the Eastern Conference as we approach the halfway stage of the season, sorting through which teams sit at the top and which have work to be done
Jan 09, 2025•44 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer dive into the Western Conference as we approach the halfway stage of the season, sorting through which teams sit at the top and which have work to be done
Jan 03, 2025•47 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer break down the slate of NBA playoff games, including LeBron's record-breaking performance over the Warriors securing him the record for most Christmas Days wins.
Dec 26, 2024•48 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer are back to talk through the Emirates NBA Cup Final, which saw the Milwaukee Bucks emerge victorious behind a monster Giannis Antetokounmpo Triple-Double. As the Thunder went 5/32 from behind the arc, is it time to start worrying about Oklahoma City?
Dec 18, 2024•28 min
Mike Gallagher and Saum Jafarinia take a look back over the quarter-finals of the Emirates NBA Cup, including a breakdown of the Warriors breakdown in the closing moments and whether anyone can stop the Thunder.
Dec 12, 2024•43 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take a look ahead at the Emirates NBA Cup Quarterfinal matchups, discussing the huge matchup between the Mavs and Thunder, as well as a look ahead to a struggling Warriors team against the Rockets.
Dec 04, 2024•54 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer take a look at the Emirates NBA Cup as we reach the latter parts of the Group Stage and scenarios emerge to decide who advances. Mike and Drew take a look at how each group is shaping up and circle the key games with the most on the line to watch out for.
Nov 25, 2024•38 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer react to the week across the NBA, including a potential Eastern Conference Finals preview which saw the Celtics edge out the Cavs, and news of Tyrese Maxey calling out Joel Embiid and what this means for the 76ers.
Nov 20, 2024•41 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer return to break down the last week of NBA action, including Jared McClain surging to become the NBA Rookie of the Year favorite and whether it'll be enough to make the Sixers a true contender, and taking an early look at the impact the blockbuster Karl-Anthony Towns trade has had on the Timberwolves and Knicks style of play.
Nov 14, 2024•57 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer round up the last week of action in the NBA, assessing the Suns lighting up the West, more bad news for Philadelphia and much more.
Nov 07, 2024•44 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer assess the hot starts to the season from the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors while taking a dive into why the 76ers are struggling out of the gate.
Oct 31, 2024•46 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer revisit the weekend's basketball action including asking how sustainable is the Lakers strong start, and whether it's simply a formality that Oklahoma City and Boston will face off in the Finals
Oct 28, 2024•46 min
Mike Galagher and Saum Jafarinia discuss the things they learned, what was confirmed and what they were wrong about in the world of Fantasy NBA after the opening nights of the NBA season, including the fallout of Dejounte Murray's injury to the Pelicans
Oct 24, 2024•43 min
Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer preview the NBA season and run through their predictions for the 2024-25 Season as well as taking a look ahead at who they think could take home the major awards.
Oct 21, 2024•52 min
ETR's Mike Gallagher and Drew Dinkmeyer go round-by-round through your NBA Fantasy Home League drafts and assess which players you need to target both early and late in each round.
Oct 18, 2024•55 min
Mike "The Man" Gallagher and Drew "The Machine" Dinkmeyer battle it out in a debate over the discrepancies between human feel-driven and computer data-driven fantasy projections and rankings, with Chief Judge Saum Jafarinia presiding over the debate.
Oct 15, 2024•56 min