Colin Salao
Reporter at Front Office Sports
Sports Business Reporter @FOS | Past: @TheStreet, @businessinsider | Alum: @MedillSchool, @ateneodemanilau | Views are my own | 🇵🇭
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frontofficesports.com | Colin Salao
In a sports landscape filled with record contracts, some NBA teams are showing it’s possible to build a championship contender without breaking the bank. The NBA playoffs tip off Saturday, and the Thunder and Cavaliers, the No. 1 seeds in the Western and Eastern conferences, respectively, are among the bottom half of the playoff teams in terms of payroll, according to data from Spotrac. Neither team had to pay tax penalties this season.
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frontofficesports.com | Colin Salao
The WNBA is improving its pitch to get Caitlin Clark to participate in her first professional three-point contest. The Women’s National Basketball Players Association announced Thursday that it is raising the prize money awarded by sponsor Aflac for the WNBA’s three-point contest to $60,000, which matches the first-prize winnings for the NBA’s competition.
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frontofficesports.com | Colin Salao
Despite a slight downtick in this year’s NBA’s regular-season ratings, the numbers showed the Lakers and Warriors—and their respective stars LeBron James and Steph Curry—remained the league’s best draw. The most-watched game of the season was the Christmas Day game between the Warriors and Lakers, which drew 7.9 million viewers on ABC. It was also the league’s most-watched regular-season game in five years. The Jan.
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frontofficesports.com | Colin Salao
The first televised WNBA event of the 2025 season showed the league’s staying power following a historic year. However, as expected, it couldn’t reach the numbers from last year’s draft that featured Caitlin Clark. The 2025 WNBA draft, which saw Paige Bueckers selected No. 1 by the Dallas Wings, averaged 1.25M viewers on ESPN on Monday, the second-most-watched draft in league history, ESPN announced Tuesday.
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frontofficesports.com | Colin Salao
The NBA drew a ton of criticism after double-digit viewership declines through the first two months of the season, but with the campaign wrapped up, the league still finished close to equal with last year. The 2024–2025 NBA regular season averaged 1.53 million viewers on ABC, ESPN, and TNT, a 2% decline from last year’s 1.56 million average, a source told Front Office Sports.
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Luka Dončić's return to Dallas averaged 2.26 million viewers Wednesday on ESPN, the network's most-watched non-Christmas game this year. However, it didn't outdraw the Feb. 25 game between the Lakers and Mavs which drew 2.5 million. More on @FOS ⬇️ https://t.co/ssuTH2w61H
RT @FOS: About 35% of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball players have entered the transfer portal as of April 10. On the women's side, m…
“Fire Nico” chants to start the game. Guess you can’t eject the entire crowd.