The Chicago Bulls are finalizing a deal to make Nuggets General Manager Arturas Karnisovas their new executive VP of basketball operations, two league sources confirmed to The Denver Post on Wednesday night. Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly and owner Josh Kroenke were both instrumental in helping Karnisovas land the job, according to a league source. It was the third time Karnisovas had interviewed for a top-level position after being a finalist for similar roles in both Milwaukee and Brooklyn.