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 490 2009-01-31T15:48:24-05:00 Helping Rich Get Richer, Artest Joins the Lakers 26022 --- - !map:HashWithIndifferentAccess byline: "" title: Can Iverson Restore Hope for Knicks? date: NOV 19 url: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/sports/basketball/20knicks.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss 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 13 2009-11-22T17:13:51-05:00 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E0DD133BF930A35754C0A96F9C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss