Ron Artest, who nearly derailed the Los Angeles Lakers' championship drive, will apparently be joining them for the next joyride through the playoffs. The Lakers agreed to give Artest their full midlevel exception, about $33 million over five years, with a 487 2009-07-10T11:35:31-04:00 Helping Rich Get Richer, Artest Joins the Lakers 66445 --- [] 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 2102 New York Times http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/howard_beck/index.html?inline=nyt-per&rss=1 3 10 2009-11-22T04:10:53-05:00 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E0DD133BF930A35754C0A96F9C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss