Thanks for your purchase of the Establish the Run NBA Draft Kit! Our goal is to help you dominate your draft and be ready for the NBA season without having to invest too much time. This is a short guide to walk you through some of the key features.
Rankings
The rankings are our most important feature. At a high level, we want you to be covered regardless of what format you’re playing. We take a quantitative approach in our process, while recognizing that there is uncertainty and some judgement will be required to get the best results. We don’t recommend blindly drafting off any set of rankings, rather, using all of our rankings and content in addition to your own judgement to make your selections.
Mike Gallagher’s Top 150
These rankings are for eight-category leagues and can also be used in nine-category formats. The rankings are a guide for how Mike Gallagher would draft in those formats, accounting for late-round upside targets. The Top 150 will also feature a Change Log to highlight the adjustments and the reasoning behind them. The goal is give you a quick reference point based on Gallagher’s expertise, a player one-liner and the rationale for any changes that are made.
ETR Rankings
Our projection system uses a sophisticated method of machine learning and analytics lead by our Director of Analytics, Mike Leone. Drew Dinkmeyer and Mike Gallagher will be adjusting the projected playing time and roles as we learn more about how team rotations will look. You can find rankings for the following formats:
8-Category Rankings
9-Category Rankings
Underdog Best Ball Rankings
Points League Rankings
Detailed Seasonal Projections
Content
After checking out the Rankings, you’ll want to dig in on some of the analysis. Mike Gallagher breaks down undervalued targets, sleepers, deep sleepers, and players you’ll want to fade. In addition, be sure to review Exploiting the Rankings for ESPN and Yahoo, which can give you a huge edge on identifying value for picks on those draft applets.
On top of constantly updating our rankings and projections, we’ll be adding plenty more content as we get closer to the start of the season, including our free ETR NBA podcast. You can always review our NBA Feed on the site to review recent content.
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