DAL OFFSEASON: Trade & FA | Mavs "mostly done...but you never know."

[omahen]

One possible reason is teams expect to be rescued by the escrow system.  I can't recall where I read this, but my recollection is teams get a pro-rata reduction in the salary that counts against the tax depending on where the escrow number hits.  Assuming I'm remembering this correctly, it means a team could be a few million over technically and end up a little under because BRI comes in less than anticipated and the actual salaries paid count less against the tax.

That is correct. But it will be nothing easier for those teams next season. It will stil be repeater tax. Lakers example - Kuzma extension will kick in and so on.