UPDATE (4:37)- The LAT's Mike Bresnahan is also reporting the Lakers are close to a deal to bring in Artest. He writes that Artest would likely want a full midlevel deal (in the neighborhood of $32 mil over five years), but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the contract, once signed, was actually shorter than that. We'll have to wait and see. As Bres notes, Artest's arrival would almost certainly mean the end of Trevor Ariza's tenure in LA. BK CBS Sports.com's Ken Berger reports Ron Ar...
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