The ebbs and flows of free agency mean that you may win some and you may lose some. While the Lakers were outbid by the Pacers for Bruce Brown, something that was largely out of their control, they turned around and flipped the script on the Miami Heat.
The Lakers signed Vincent to a 3-year, $33 million deal that took up nearly all of the mid-level exception. It was a surprise of a deal both because it was a name the Lakers were not linked to and some thought the Lakers may split up the MLE on multiple players.